Astronomers predict SpaceX rocket debris will crash into dark side of moon
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Jan 26 2022 at 10:32 PM GMT
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- A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the moon in March, experts say.
- The rocket was deployed in 2015 to put into orbit a Nasa satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR).Since then, the second stage of the rocket, or booster, has been floating in what mathematicians call a chaotic orbit, astronomer Bill Gray said.
- It was Gray who calculated the space junk’s new collision course with the….
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- Published Jan 26, 2022 10:32 PM GMT