NASA estimates the size of the hole SpaceX made in the moon

As the latest Starship finds its way to an obscure part of Australia, for observations

NASA has used its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to capture more pics of the mess on the moon left by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage.

As The Register has previously reported, in 2025 private aerospace concerns Firefly and ispace hired a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for their respective Blue Ghost Mission 1 and RESILIENCE moonshots.

RESILIENCE did not live up to its name. Blue Ghost did rather better.

The trajectory used to get the two craft to Luna meant the upper stage of the Falcon 9 was on a collision course with Earth’s sole permanent natural satellite. The vehicle met its end in early August, and South Korea’s space agency captured a few snaps.

NASA did likewise between August 11 and 12, and on Tuesday shared some of them.

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