A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon uncontrolled this month at an estimated 5,400 mph. Now NASA has photos.

A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency on Tuesday released before-and-after photos of the

That’s about a week after the upper stage of a Falcon rocket slammed into the lunar surface at 5,400 miles per hour. Displaced rocks and dirt show up in images as streaks on the surface, NASA said. The space agency credits professionals and hobbyists with locating the crash site,

New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal a fresh, 60-foot-wide crater formed when a discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the moon on August 5.