NASA image shows crater on moon created by SpaceX rocket crash
by Rob Beschizza from Boing Boing on (#77SK5)
NASA posted before-and-after images showing a crater dug by a Falcon 9 rocket hitting the Moon's surface on August 5, 2026. The Luna Reconnaissance Orbiter took the shots after the spectacular coda to the Firefly Blue Ghost mission.
To capture imagery of the impact, engineers tilted the spacecraft so its cameras would point toward the crater each time LRO passed about 60 miles above the Moon, traveling 1 mile per second.
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