Chinese rocket hits the moon

The rocket was used for Change-5 T1 a Chinese lunar mission launched Oct. This would likely be the first time a man-made object has hit another space object without.

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14 hours agoA chunk of Chinese space junk today crashed into the far side of the Moon according to a maker of astrometry software.

. The bus-sized third stage of a. The piece of old space junk expected to crash into the moon in early March that was originally thought to be from SpaceX is actually. It was a booster for.

Bill Gray who writes the popular Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects originally reported that the junk was a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage launched from Florida in February 2015. Discarded Chinese rocket HITS the moon. A rocket part expected to collide with the moon on March 4 was wrongly identified as a SpaceX Falcon rocket stage.

A rocket expected to crash into the moon in early March was built by China not SpaceX it has emerged. According to astronomers the booster rocket was Set to reach the surface of the moon at about 725 am. The four-tonne rocket part probably hit the Moons surface at a speed of about 5700 mph.

A much-debated piece of space junk suspected to be part of a Chinese rocket that helped launch a 2014 lunar mission hit the far side of the moon scientists say. 11 hours agoThe object is probably part of a rocket that launched a small Chinese spacecraft called Change 5-T1 towards the Moon in 2014. 17 hours agoAstronomers say a rocket likely hit the moon last night based on the law of gravity but experts told UPI on Friday there are currently no plans to.

The energy from. He ran the numbers again and concluded it was the third stage of a rocket from Chinas lunar mission Change 5-T1 launched in October 2014. Change 5-T1 rocket booster has been implicated in a collision with the moon thats set for March 4 2022.

4 hours agoIts possible that an out-of-control rocket the size of a school bus has hit the moon by now. The debris a piece of a rocket about the size of a school bus had been floating in. 1 day agoThe rocket booster was likely hit the Moon at 122558 Universal Time on March 4 2022 Forbes reported.

Three-tonne piece of space junk is likely to have left a 66ft crater after slamming into the lunar. The rocket which is as heavy as an Asian elephant is set to strike the surface of the far side of the moon on March 4. The debris may have come from a rocket like this one built by SpaceX.

A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on 4 March but contrary to what had been. 1 day agoThe discarded rocket stage will be traveling at a blistering 5771 mph 9288 kmh when it hits the Hertzsprung crater on the moons far side at 725 am. 1 day agoMoon crash.

EST 1225 GMT Friday. ET 1225 GMT after spending nearly eight years stumbling across space. The third stage of a Long March 3C rocket will hit the moon at about 5700 mph.

More likely the object was from a Chinese lunar mission according to NASA. 2 days agoSpace junk on collision course with the moon likely a Chinese rocket experts Space junk to smash into the far side of the moon at 5800mph on Friday and it may take weeks even months to. The trash is believed to be a spent Long March 3C rocket booster from the launch of Change 5-T1 a Chinese experimental robotic spacecraft that lifted off in 2014The leftover component was estimated to have smashed into the Moon at.

Abandoned rocket hits the Moon - scientists. 21 hours agoThis morning a piece of space junk smacked right into the far side of the moon. 1 day agoThe team is estimating that the booster from the Chinese rocket will hit somewhere in or near the Hertzsprung crater on the moons far side the university noted.

The rocket which is as heavy as an Asian elephant is set to strike the surface of the far side of the moon on March 4. It was a booster for the Change 5-T1 mission and launched in 2014 as part of the Chinese space agencys lunar exploration programme. He ran the numbers again and concluded it was the third stage of a.

But experts say it may take weeks even months to. Discarded rocket part to hit Moon in hours say scientists. 19 hours agoAn old rocket booster once thought to be the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 but now believed to be from the Chinese Change 5-T1 mission although China denies this slammed into the moons.

23 2014 111 days before the Deep Space. Astronomers think that a rocket booster expected to hit the moon on Friday is Chinese though a Chinese official has denied this.

Three Tonnes Of Space Junk On Collision Course With Moon The Globe And Mail