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  "id": 163791,
  "title": "SpaceX rocket segment to leave crater when it slams into the Moon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-segment-to-leave-crater-when-it-slams-into-the-moon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T00:33:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260805-spacex-rocket-segment-to-leave-crater-when-it-slams-into-the-moon"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The upper stage of a SpaceX rocket will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, an unintentional collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater. A mixture of solar activity and gravitational forces put the rocket's second stage on its path towards the Moon, scientists said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News Tech",
        "title": "SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the moon at 5,400mph - here's what we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/spacex-rocket-is-about-to-crash-into-the-moon-at-5-400mph-heres-what",
        "published": "2026-08-04T12:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "A drifting part of a SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/a-drifting-part-of-a-spacex-rocket-is-about-to-crash-into-the-moon",
        "published": "2026-08-04T19:42:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/welp-nobody-saw-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-crash-into-the-moon",
        "published": "2026-08-05T22:40:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}