{"id":8434,"date":"2026-08-04T09:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/spacex-rocket-slams-into-the-moon-08-05-2026-heres-what-happens\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:27:31","slug":"spacex-rocket-slams-into-the-moon-08-05-2026-heres-what-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/spacex-rocket-slams-into-the-moon-08-05-2026-heres-what-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Rocket Slams Into the Moon 08\/05\/2026 \u2014 Here&#8217;s What Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JX1rfv2SVeI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On August 5, 2026, the abandoned upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon at roughly 5,400 mph \u2014 seven times the speed of sound \u2014 carving out a new crater near the Einstein Crater on the lunar near side.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; Why this rocket stage ended up on a collision course with the moon<br \/>\n&#8211; How fast it&#8217;s traveling and what kind of crater it&#8217;ll leave behind<br \/>\n&#8211; Where and how to watch (or try to spot the impact)<br \/>\n&#8211; Why NASA and South Korea&#8217;s Danuri orbiter are watching closely<br \/>\n&#8211; What scientists hope to learn from a rare &quot;natural experiment&quot; like this<br \/>\n&#8211; How this compares to the only other known accidental lunar impact (a Chinese rocket in 2022)<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a planned mission \u2014 it&#8217;s leftover space junk from a January 2025 launch that carried two private lunar landers, one of which made history as the first fully successful private moon landing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more space news breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>#SpaceX #Moon #SpaceNews #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #NASA<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 5, 2026, the abandoned upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-41.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}