A 'mystery rocket body' that crashed into the moon is baffling NASA, space officials are reporting.
astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4, and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the crash site on the moon's surface shortly after.The crash landing left behind a"double crater" more than 90 feet wide,According to the space administration, two large masses on each end of the rocket may have caused the craters, but it noted that the impact marks are highly unusual.
Typically, a spent rocket mass is concentrated at the motor end; the rest of the rocket stage mainly consists of an empty fuel tank,
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