India, Aug. 3 -- A discarded piece of hardware from Elon Musk's SpaceX is on a high-speed collision course with the Earth's celestial neighbor. Moving through space, the drifting rocket is reportedly locked on a crash course with the Moon.

The upcoming collision is going to give scientists rare, front-row seats to observe a high-speed lunar impact.

On Wednesday, August 5, the high-speed collision of the rocket's upper stage will carve out a crater, according to a news agency AP report. The impact will also send up a dramatic cloud of debris or dust.

The crash will be the aftermath of a space mission launched in 2025. The 40-foot-long abandoned rocket segment reportedly hoisted two private lunar landers on January 15, 2025:

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