New photos show site where SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into moon

Hear this story A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon's surface on August 5. South Korea's lunar orbiter, Danuri, was among the first to capture images of the new crater. The rocket part was an upper-stage that had been left in an uncontrolled orbit after a 2025 mission. NASA is also attempting to locate and observe the crash site with its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Earlier this week, a piece of a SpaceX rocket joined the ranks of space rocks and other wayward spacecraft that have slammed into the moon and become permanent fixtures of our celestial neighbor's surface .