{"id":2677,"date":"2026-08-19T20:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:44:43","slug":"spacex-rocket-carved-out-crater-on-the-moon-as-long-as-a-bowling-lane-with-butterfly-wing-streaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2677","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX rocket carved out crater on the moon as long as a bowling lane with &#8216;butterfly wing&#8217; streaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26230759678552-e1787164534798.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by\u00a0a crashing SpaceX rocket.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The space agency released before-and-after photos of the impact area on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcon rocket\u2019s upper stage plowed into the moon at 5,400 mph (8,700 kph) on Aug. 5 after drifting through space for more than a year.\u00a0It launched a pair of private moon landers\u00a0with experiments and even a tiny rover in 2025 as part of NASA\u2019s push to commercialize lunar exploration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on these new photos by NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the fresh crater appears to be 60 feet (18 meters) across and less than 10 feet (3 meters) deep, according to scientists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dark and bright streaks are clearly visible emanating like butterfly wings from the crater. The darker lines represent excavated material that was close to the surface and shaped by eons of solar wind, cosmic rays and micrometeorite strikes. The brighter rays indicate fresh rocks and dirt that were hurled from farther down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spacecraft photographed the crater a week after the collision from 60 miles (96 kilometers) up, while zooming along at one mile per second. Flight controllers had to tilt the spacecraft so its cameras pointed toward the impact scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The orbiter completes a lunar polar orbit every two hours, as the moon rotates beneath. It took six days before the crash scene came into view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Danuri spacecraft\u00a0was first on the scene to beam back photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon since 2009, serving as NASA\u2019s up-close eyes as the space agency works to return astronauts to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col layout-gap-md\">\n<div class=\"not-prose empty:contents [:has(*[data-empty=true])]:hidden clear-both\">\n<div class=\"typography-level-4 mt-4 font-graphik-compact [&amp;_*_a]:hover:underline [&amp;_*_a]:text-accent\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><span class=\"description-parser contents\" data-cy=\"description\"><em><strong>Fortune Daily<\/strong><\/em> breaks the traditional barrier between audience and newsroom. The show transforms <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s trusted reporting into actionable, conversational, and entertaining insights for an emerging class of business leaders. <strong>Watch here.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>#SpaceX #rocket #carved #crater #moon #long #bowling #lane #butterfly #wing #streaks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NASA spacecraft circling the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5095,5097,5094,3379,5096,3201,3377,3194,573,5099,5098],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-bowling","tag-butterfly","tag-carved","tag-crater","tag-lane","tag-long","tag-moon","tag-rocket","tag-spacex","tag-streaks","tag-wing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SpaceX rocket carved out crater on the moon as long as a bowling lane with &#039;butterfly wing&#039; 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