At long last, a Moon landing for SpaceX — just not the kind it was hoping for. After months of anticipation, a discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have careened into the Moon on early Wednesday morning.

A SpaceX rocket will collide with the moon Wednesday. While Earth is safe, studying the impact could protect future lunar astronauts.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp SPCX is targeting a human Moon landing in 2028, but one Wall Street analyst says investors remain skeptical of the timeline. SpaceX Targets ‘Boots on the Moon’ in 2028 On Tuesday,

NASA confirmed that the 4-ton Falcon 9 rocket struck the moon months after delivering a pair of lunar landers - Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience.

A NASA astronaut cautioned that landing at the lunar south pole could leave an appendicitis-ridden crew member stranded there. Victor Glover, who piloted the Artemis II mission around the moon in April 2026,

SpaceX ended its earnings call by taking a handful of questions submitted by individual investors. The company received several inquiries on the progress of the Starship Human Landing System, a joint partnership with NASA to land astronauts on the moon.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon.

National Moon Day is observed every July 20 to honor the Apollo 11 mission and the first human moon landing in 1969. This celebration marks Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic steps on the lunar surface,

The upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 will collide with the moon on August 5, affording astronomers an opportunity to study the real-time effects of a lunar impact. NASA via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post ...