To the Moon! The post SpaceX Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally Crashing Into It at 5,400 Miles Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater appeared first on Futurism.

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.