SpaceX rocket piece strikes Moon
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Key Entities
Organization
The company whose Falcon 9 rocket piece crashed into the Moon.
The US space agency that estimated the impact crater size and manages the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The first South Korean lunar orbiter that recorded images of the rocket collision.
Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA)(สำนักงานการบินและอวกาศเกาหลี)
The agency that disclosed images from the Danuri orbiter regarding the crash.
European Southern Observatory (ESO)(หอดูดาวยุโรปใต้)
The organization operating the Very Large Telescope in Chile that detected evidence of the collision.
The US national laboratory where Benjamin Fernando works.
Firefly Aerospaceℹ️
The US company whose Blue Ghost lander was launched by the Falcon 9 rocket in January 2025.
ispace
The Japanese company whose lander was launched by the Falcon 9 rocket and later crashed during landing.
Person
Benjamin Fernando(เบนจามิน เฟอร์นันโด)
A scientist from Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead author of the research on the collision.
Bill Gray(บิล เกรย์)
An astronomy software developer who tracks objects in space.