Falcon 9 Upper Stage to Impact Moon

Name: Falcon 9 Upper Stage to Impact Moon
Start: 2026-08-05T00:00:00-10:00
End: 2026-08-05T23:59:59-10:00
Location: Near Einstein Crater, ~16.60°N 88.65°W, Moon Surface

Aug 5

At 06:34:33 UTC on August 5, the upper stage (catalogued as 2025-010D) from the launch of Firefly’s Blue Ghost-1 lander to the Moon on January 15, 2025 will impact the Moon at roughly 2.43 km/s (8,700 km/h or 5,400 mph) – resulting in impact plume near the Einstein and Bell craters near the western lunar limb.