A spent SpaceX rocket stage hits the Moon near Einstein Crater

The spent upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket collided with the Moon near Einstein Crater. The object carries the COSPAR identifier 2025-010D. A spent stage is a rocket section that has finished its powered job and is no longer guiding a payload. The report says this one struck the Moon.

Einstein Crater is the lunar landmark named as the area of the impact. The note does not give a new crater size. It does not say whether the impact was observed by a spacecraft camera. It locates the collision near that crater.

COSPAR identifiers are the international labels used to track objects in space. The number 2025-010D ties the stage to a specific catalog entry. The report uses that identifier rather than a nickname. It identifies the rocket family as Falcon 9 and the company as SpaceX.

The collision is reported as an event that occurred, not as a planned landing. No crew was aboard a spent upper stage. No injury on Earth is described. The consequence is an impact on the lunar surface.

The report does not state the launch date beyond the identifier, and it does not describe the original satellite mission in the short note. The news is the fate of the stage. It hit the Moon near Einstein Crater.

No estimate of the stage's mass is included. No change to lunar science plans is announced. The confirmed technology fact is a Falcon 9 upper stage, catalogued as 2025-010D, colliding with the Moon near Einstein Crater.