A discarded piece of a SpaceX rocket is expected to crash into the moon at a speed of 5,400 mph on Wednesday, creating a debris plume large enough that it might be visible from Earth with a telescope. WIRED reported that a discarded piece of the SpaceX Falcon 9 is expected to hit the moon at around 12:34 CST on August 5. The Associated Press reported that the Falcon 9 rocket carried two lunar landers as well as scientific instruments to the moon in January 2025. "Things are getting crowded up there," space tracking expert Bill Gray Gray told the AP. On his website, Gray writes that although there is not much to worry about regarding this specific object, space debris is a growing concern.