According to US media reports on the 30th, the wreckage of an abandoned second-stage “Falcon 9” rocket from the US Space Exploration Technology Company is expected to hit the moon on August 5. This event is expected to produce jet plumes that can be observed by ground-based and space telescopes, providing important data for studying the lunar impact process and future lunar exploration missions. Two recent studies published on the pre-printed website arXiv show that the second stage of the “Falcon 9” rocket weighs about 3,900 kilograms and is expected to hit the surface of the moon at a speed of about 2.43 kilometers per second at around 2:35 EST on August 5. The estimated impact site is located in the area near the Einstein crater on the Moon. The researchers predicted that the flash and jet plumes generated by the impact can be observed through ground-based and space observation facilities.

According to US media reports on the 30th, the wreckage of an abandoned second-stage “Falcon 9” rocket from the US Space Exploration Technology Company is expected to hit the moon on August 5. This event is expected to produce jet plumes that can be observed by ground-based and space telescopes, providing important data for studying the lunar impact process and future lunar exploration missions. Two recent studies published on the pre-printed website arXiv show that the second stage of the “Falcon 9” rocket weighs about 3,900 kilograms and is expected to hit the surface of the moon at a speed of about 2.43 kilometers per second at around 2:35 EST on August 5. The estimated impact site is located in the area near the Einstein crater on the Moon. The researchers predicted that the flash and jet plumes generated by the impact can be observed through ground-based and space observation facilities.