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NASA images reveal Moon crater from SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crash

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NASA has released images from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) showing a new crater on the Moon. The crater was formed by the impact of the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which crashed into the lunar surface on August 5th. Engineers had to precisely maneuver the LRO spacecraft to capture before-and-after images of the impact site, revealing ejected materials from the lunar surface. AI

RANK_REASON NASA images document a physical event on the Moon caused by a space mission. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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NASA images reveal Moon crater from SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crash

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    NASA images show crater on the moon caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 crash

    NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took images of the crater created by a SpaceX rocket crashing into the moon.

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