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A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to crash into the Moon early Wednesday morning. This four metric ton object, from a January 2025 lunar lander mission, is heading toward Einstein Crater on the Moon's western limb. The impact is scheduled for around 2:35 a.m. ET, reaching 5,400 miles per hour. The trajectory shift occurred because the mission needed high thrust, leaving the stage in space. NASA and SpaceX are discussing ways to prevent similar future space junk impacts.