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NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details

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August 18, 2026 • 9 views
Original source: NASA

Between Aug. 11 and 12, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the Moon. The crater formed on Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the surface following its January 2025 launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission. To capture imagery of...

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