The discarded Falcon 9 rocket stage slammed into the Moon earlier this month after drifting through space for more than a year
NASA has released images showing a crater blasted into the Moon by a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage that struck the lunar surface at around 5,400 mph (8,700 kph) earlier this month.
The US space agency published an animated before-and-after comparison on Tuesday, using images captured by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) that show the previously undisturbed surface and a dark new impact scar.
NASA said the crater measures roughly 18 meters (60 ft) across and less than 3 meters (10 ft) deep.
The images also…
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