Rocket part set to crash into Moon is from China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission, not Elon Musk's SpaceX

Elon Musk has had his fair share of space-related problems over the past couple of weeks, but it looks like he can take a SpaceX rocket crash with the Moon off his list. Key points: Space junk destined to crash into the Moon is actually from China's 2014 Chang'e 5-T1 mission Previously, it was thought to be a SpaceX rocket stage The rocket stage will still crash into one of the Moon's oldest and biggest craters on Friday, March 4 Last month, astronomers and space enthusiasts spied a hefty chunk of space junk looping around the Earth which would, within a matter of weeks, meet its fiery end on the far side of the Moon. The Horizons system showed the Falcon 9 rocket's trajectory didn't take it near enough to the Moon for it to be the mystery object first detected by the Catalina Sky Survey in 2015. It's likely we'll see more rocket parts slamming into the Moon's hard, unforgiving surface down the track, RMIT University space scientist Brett Carter said. It's just too expensive to bring equipment like spent rocket stages back down to Earth — especially those that travel as far as the Moon, Dr Carter said.