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A SpaceX rocket is on track to crash into the moon on Wednesday at 2:35 a.m. EDT.
The 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will collide with the moon at a speed of 5,400 mph, experts say. The impact will create a crater spanning approximately 89 feet, or 27 meters, wide.
The crash is expected to cause debris and dust to fall from the moon for several minutes but likely won’t be visible from Earth, according to the New York Times.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment on the matter, however, the company held a press conference on Monday about the expected occurrence.
SpaceX’s director of NASA Science and Dragon Programs, Julianna Scheiman, said the anticipated rocket crash stems from “a mixture of solar activity and gravity forces” that have put it on a “path towards the moon.”
She added that SpaceX is working with NASA and the other appropriate agencies on how to handle potential future rocket collisions with the moon, especially amid the presence of human astronauts.
Scheiman said the company is asking, “What is the best future disposal path for high-energy missions that are in the sun-Earth-moon system?”
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched on Jan. 15, 2025, in an effort to deploy two lunar landers.
One of them, named Blue Ghost, built by Texas based company Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed on the moon while the other named Resilience, built by the Japanese company Ispace, crashed into the surface.
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