{"id":37304,"date":"2026-07-29T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37304"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:59:56","slug":"when-an-abandoned-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37304","title":{"rendered":"When an abandoned SpaceX rocket crashes into the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SpaceX-Rocket-.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the early hours of August 5 (UTC), an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is expected to slam into the Moon at around 8,700 kilometers per hour. Launched in January 2025, the rocket sent two commercial lunar landers toward Earth\u2019s nearest neighbor. 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