Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no danger to Earth and NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event […]
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Commercial Space, Benefits to Science, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Goddard Space Flight Center, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Science, Missions, Science Mission Directorate
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August 4, 2026
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