The company recently secured a $75 million NASA JPL subcontract for the MoonFall mission, supporting NASA's broader Moon Base initiative. ・Investors see Firefly as a potential beneficiary if New Glenn faces further delays.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The moon is about to get a new crater, courtesy of a discarded piece of SpaceX rocket hardware. The spent upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to slam into the moon Aug.

A Falcon 9 upper stage has been stuck in a highly elliptical Earth orbit for over a year—and now it's on a collision course with the Moon.

Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects,

A 45-foot Falcon 9 booster is reportedly on course to slam into the moon near the Einstein crater at roughly 5,400 mph.

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