A piece of a Chinese rocket slammed into the Moon this morning - The Verge

A piece of a Chinese rocket from the Chang’e 5-T1 mission slammed into the surface of the Moon on March 4th, as astronomers predicted over the last few months. Originally trackers had thought it was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
One thing that is certain is the object is now a crater After years of zooming through deep space, a presumed leftover piece of a Chinese rocket slammed into the Moon today, just as space tracking e… [+6642 chars] Read More