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  "id": 218878,
  "title": "Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/chinese-satellite-captures-video-of-spacex-rocket-debris-crashing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T12:01:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3363199/chinese-satellite-captures-video-spacex-rocket-debris-crashing-moon"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a show of space surveillance strength, a newly launched Chinese satellite tracked a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashing into the moon and captured footage of its impact. No visible plume can be seen in the images that appear to show the moment of impact, which is consistent with what other scientists and telescopes reported immediately after the rocket debris struck on Wednesday.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Wayward SpaceX rocket to slam into moon, leave 16-foot deep crater",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/wayward-spacex-rocket-to-slam-into-moon-leave-16-foot-deep-crater",
        "published": "2026-08-04T15:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Piece of SpaceX rocket to crash into moon at high speed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/piece-of-spacex-rocket-to-crash-into-moon-at-high-speed",
        "published": "2026-08-04T23:48:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "SpaceX rocket segment to crash into the moon: What happened?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-segment-to-crash-into-the-moon-what-happened",
        "published": "2026-08-05T12:36:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon at 8,690km/h",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/defunct-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-moon-at-8-690km-h",
        "published": "2026-08-06T02:01:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's Danuri orbiter successfully films moon collision of SpaceX rocket",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/s-koreas-danuri-orbiter-successfully-films-moon-collision-of-spacex",
        "published": "2026-08-06T06:52:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/south-korean-satellite-captures-before-and-after-views-of-spacex",
        "published": "2026-08-06T19:53:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket's moon crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/south-korean-satellite-captures-before-and-after-views-of-spacex",
        "published": "2026-08-07T06:31:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}