Hamid(@hamids):Sadly, as big as this crater will be, it's still too small to be visible to our telescopes. However, the plume of dust and moon rocks that go flying might be. I hope we get some cool images/videos of the impact. Also, lunar orbiters should be able to get good images of the crater afterwards.

2026.08.03 16:17

Sadly, as big as this crater will be, it's still too small to be visible to our telescopes. However, the plume of dust and moon rocks that go flying might be. I hope we get some cool images/videos of the impact. Also, lunar orbiters should be able to get good images of the crater afterwards.

Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield

2026.08.03 13:53

On Wednesday one of these will crash into the Moon. It's a @SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage rocket & tank, used to propel lunar landers last year. It will hit near Einstein Crater at 5400 mph/8700 kph, blasting a crater 90ft/27m across, 16ft/5m deep. Total, the Moon has been hit by 800+ human-made objects, but that's dwarfed by the natural impacts: tens of thousands of similar new meteor craters every year. The Moon has no life or ecosystem to disrupt, but as we start landing more, we need to better track what we're doing: @openlunar has the world-leading Lunar Ledger ( doing just that.