NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter just dropped jaw-dropping images of a SpaceX Falcon rocket upper stage slamming into the moon at 5,400 mph — leaving a 60-foot-wide crater with butterfly-wing-like streaks of fresh lunar material. The crash, accidental but historic, happened after the rocket spent over a year drifting in space since launching private landers in 2025. Scientists are thrilled — this unexpected impact is giving us an unprecedented view of what happens when human tech crashes on the moon. The orbiter captured these shots from 60 miles up, after six days of precise maneuvering to get the perfect angle — South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft got there first. Since 2009, this mission has been NASA’s lunar eyes, circling every two hours and now documenting humanity’s newest lunar footprint.
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