A part of one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is believed to have smashed into the moon at 5,400 MPH. Researchers predicted that the section of rocket, the upper part of a Falcon 9 spacecraft, would make impact with the lunar surface at 2.35 am Eastern Time. The rocket section split off and began drifting in space, before being pulled towards the moon. It is the size of a five-story building, with a weight on Earth of at least 4,000kg, around the same weight as a heavy-duty pickup truck. “It could feasibly be within a few decades hard to get past Earth’s orbit because space is so crowded.