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Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomers
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Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX.
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Rocket on crash course with moon does not belong to SpaceX, report says
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Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomers
The massive rocket speeding through space on a collision course with the moon does not belong to SpaceX despite earlier reports and likely belongs to a spacecraft launched by China in 2014, according to a report on Saturday.
It turns out the rocket that is predicted to impact the Moon on March 4 is not the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after all, but the upper stage of a Chinese Long March 3C used to launch the Chang'e 5-T1 lunar flyby mission in 2014.
Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX.
An out of control rocket part will hit the Moon on March 4, 2022. It's now thought to be from a Chinese moon mission from 2014 and not from a SpaceX mission for NASA in 2015 as previously thought.
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