5 August 2026 09:00 (UTC+04:00)By Alimat AliyevaThe Moon has endured millions of years of cosmic impacts. This particular Falcon 9 rocket was launched as part of a US-Japanese mission designed to deliver two lunar landers and scientific equipment to the Moon. Some pieces can remain in orbit for years or even decades, creating risks for satellites, spacecraft, and future space missions. Interestingly, this is not the first time a human-made object has crashed into the Moon. In 2009, NASA deliberately sent a rocket stage into the lunar surface as part of an experiment to search for water ice and study the dust released by the impact.