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- Falcon 9 upper stage will strike the Moon on 5 August 2026, with Bill Gray forecasting impact at 2:34 a.m. EDT near Einstein Crater.
- The 10,800-pound fragment will hit at about 5,400 mph, releasing energy equal to three tons of TNT.
- Scientists expect a flash and dust plume, though detection may be hard on the sunlit side.
- NASA’s LRO and South Korea’s Pathfinder Orbiter will image the site, while observatories worldwide will record the event.
