Wednesday - September 2, 2026
13-metre Rocket Hit the Moon - Tasmanian Researchers Helped Track It There
September 02, 2026
HOBART, Australia, Sept. 2 -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news:

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A 13-metre rocket hit the Moon. Tasmanian researchers helped track it there.

A 13-metre Falcon 9 rocket stage struck the Moon last month, leaving a crater about 20 metres wide.

In the days before impact, University of Tasmania researchers from the School of Natural Sciences became the first in the world to detect the object by radar, helping refine predict . . .

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