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A SpaceX rocket part is expected to crash into the Moon
['Yaprak Mutlu']
IHA News
While a piece weighing approximately 4,000 kilograms that broke off from the Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX—the U.S. space transportation company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk—is expected to crash into the Moon, NASA has stated that the incident poses no danger to Earth.
A piece that broke off from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched for a lunar mission last January, is heading toward the Moon.
According to a statement by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a piece weighing approximately 4,000 kilograms that broke off from the Falcon 9 rocket operated by SpaceX—the U.S. space transportation company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk—is expected to crash into the Moon.
The statement noted that the impact, caused by the rocket fragment traveling at a speed of approximately 2.43 kilometers per second in orbit, is expected to occur in the morning hours.
Dr. Matt Bothwell, a public astronomer at the University of Cambridge, said, “It’s going to be a really big thing hitting the Moon.