At long last, a Moon landing for SpaceX — just not the kind it was hoping for. After months of anticipation, a discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have careened into the Moon on early Wednesday morning.

Unexpectedly, a four-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage has collided with the Moon, exhibiting the increasing issue of space debris. After spending over a year in orbit, the remnants triggered observable spectral lines indicative of sodium and lithium gases upon impact.

The mission on Thursday was SpaceX's seventh Starship test since 2023, part of Musk's multibillion-dollar effort to build a rocket capable of ferrying humans and cargo to Mars, as well as deploying large batches of satellites into Earth's orbit.

An explosion or a sonic boom-like sound was heard in Orlando and other parts of Florida as a SpaceX rocket was launched on Thursday, July 30.

Here's Florida's rocket launch schedule for the week of August 3, where rocket launches are visible and how to watch NASA content with Amazon Prime.

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As SpaceX prepares to launch its Starship megarocket on a mission it calls "flight 13," here's a look back at the previous 12 tests from South Texas.