{"id":5589,"date":"2026-08-19T20:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:14:28","slug":"a-spacex-rocket-carved-out-a-crater-on-the-moon-as-long-as-a-bowling-lane-with-butterfly-wing-streaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5589","title":{"rendered":"A SpaceX rocket carved out a crater on the moon as long as a bowling lane with \u2018butterfly wing\u2019 streaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The space agency released before-and-after photos of the impact area on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon rocket\u2019s upper stage plowed into the moon at 5,400 mph (8,700 kph) on Aug. 5 after drifting through space for more than a year.\u00a0It launched a pair of private moon landers\u00a0with experiments and even a tiny rover in 2025 as part of NASA\u2019s push to commercialize lunar exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5587\">UAE halts all trade with Iran after new missile fire in Gulf, cutting off a key export route for Tehran<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based on these new photos by NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the fresh crater appears to be 60 feet (18 meters) across and less than 10 feet (3 meters) deep, according to scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Dark and bright streaks are clearly visible emanating like butterfly wings from the crater. The darker lines represent excavated material that was close to the surface and shaped by eons of solar wind, cosmic rays and micrometeorite strikes. The brighter rays indicate fresh rocks and dirt that were hurled from farther down.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft photographed the crater a week after the collision from 60 miles (96 kilometers) up, while zooming along at one mile per second. Flight controllers had to tilt the spacecraft so its cameras pointed toward the impact scene.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5585\">How a DIY Adobe Illustrator design landed Rebel Creamery in a $23.8 million fight with Van Leeuwen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The orbiter completes a lunar polar orbit every two hours, as the moon rotates beneath. It took six days before the crash scene came into view.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Danuri spacecraft\u00a0was first on the scene to beam back photos.<\/p>\n<p>The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon since 2009, serving as NASA\u2019s up-close eyes as the space agency works to return astronauts to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5583\">Fortune 500 companies got billions in tariff refunds. 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