SpaceX Has Reached the Moon, Just Not How Elon Musk Might Have Planned It
A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon, creating a 60-foot crater. While the crash was unplanned, it marks a notable, albeit accidental, interaction between commercial space debris and the lunar surface.
SpaceX Has Reached the Moon, Just Not How Elon Musk Might Have Planned It SpaceX Has Reached the Moon, Just Not How Elon Musk Might Have Planned It Badar Shaikh Sun, August 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT 5 min read SPAX.PVT SPCX +15.83% Trade SPCX on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
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