A SpaceX rocket component is predicted to strike the Moon on August 5, 2026, an event flagged by astrodynamicist Bill Gray as of minor scientific interest.
Why it mattersRocket debris on a course to hit the Moon illustrates the growing scale of the space junk problem, as discarded hardware accumulates in orbits far from Earth.
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