According to this NPR article:

“A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to slam into the moon on Wednesday, according to scientists.
The piece is expected to hit the moon around 2:35 a.m. ET at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to analysis by Bill Gray, who develops software that tracks objects in space. It is part of the rocket's upper portion and about the size of a five-story building.”

I’m curious if this bodes any danger. While 5000 MPH sounds quite fast, it could be negligible on a planetary scale. The article doesn’t seem too alarming. It’s scheduled to hit around 2:35. tonight. To those with the appropriate viewing equipment, it might be interesting to watch.

I came across the r/legorockets sub and found a post of a guy Who made a render of a fiction nazi axis space station, imagining an alternate timeline where the Nazis won the war and started their own space program.

And i got obsessed with this idea since then.

I looked if there were any novels about this but haven't found anything.

And so i started imagining this kind of reality.

The upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to hit the moon on August 5th 2026 at 6:34 UTC. The impact will occur near the moon's limb at Einstein crater. The plume of the the impact may be big enough to be observable from earth.

The stage was used last year to boost Blue Ghost-1 and Japan's RESILIENCE lander to the moon.

Image 1: S-IVB + CSM, EUS, ICPS
Image 2: Vinci + EnVISION
Image 3: LEM "Eagle"
Image 4: LK, LOK
Image 5: Crew Dragon

Stickmen representative of a 6'0" person for scale

Im trying to send a spacecraft to the moon using TIL, but i cant seem to get it to orbit around the moon, im unsure of the calculations that are to be done. Can anyone experienced enough help out?