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A SpaceX rocket, drifting for a year after its 2025 launch, slammed into the moon at 5,400 mph — scientists are confident it happened, even without eyewitnesses. This isn’t the first time debris has struck the lunar surface; a Chinese rocket hit in 2022, and more likely impacts have gone unnoticed. As space traffic around the moon surges with new missions and future crewed landings, debris collisions are becoming a growing concern. SpaceX says it wasn’t intentional — solar activity and gravity nudged the rocket off course. Experts like Jonathan McDowell and Marco Langbroek are awaiting NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to snap photos of the crash site next week, underscoring how vital cleanup efforts will be as humanity’s lunar presence expands.

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