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SpaceX's long-term vision includes autonomous robots building lunar infrastructure, AI-powered satellites and manufacturing facilities that could support future missions beyond Earth.

SpaceX has been achieving many of its targets these days, even by accident. After months of anticipation, a discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have careened into the Moon early Wednesday morning near the Einstein Crater.

The mission marks another step towards fully reusable Starship operations as SpaceX targets a future launch cadence of at least one flight a day.

A four-tonne SpaceX rocket piece hurtling through space for over 18 months is believed to have smashed into the moon at high speed around noon Wednesday (India time). The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace in Jan 2025.

A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the moon at around 5,400 mph (8,700 kph) after drifting off course for more than a year., US News, Times Now

According to the information provided, the force of the collision was comparable to the explosion of a 3,000-kilogram bomb.

The smashup could provide useful data for future lunar inhabitants

A SpaceX rocket stage is believed to have crashed into the Moon, potentially creating a new lunar crater.

A SpaceX rocket fragment, which has been floating into space for nearly a year, is making headlines for an unusual reason. Know the whole story.

A four-tonne piece of SpaceX rocket debris is believed to have slammed into the Moon at around 8,700 kmph, after drifting through space for more than a year.