Chinese rocket that slammed onto Moon likely carrying mysterious undisclosed payload
An out-of-control rocket booster that crashed onto the Moon in 2022, forming an unusual impact crater, was of Chinese origin and likely carried an undisclosed payload, a new study revealed.
The research, published in the Planetary Science Journal, found that the crater-forming object was a Long March 3C rocket booster from China’s Chang’e 5-T1 mission.
Researchers from the in the US the object which crash landed on the Moon in March last year was either debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 from the DSCOVR mission or from the Chang’e 5-T1 mission.
