Rocket junk predicted to crash into moon may not be SpaceX’s fault
The rocket launched in 2015 remained in orbit after it disengaged from the observatory. Now, that orbit is setting it on a direct collision course with the Moon.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying three NASA and one ESA astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, November 10, 2021. (photo credit: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)ByJOE MARIO PEDERSEN/ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS
