The upper stage of the rocket hit near the Einstein Crater on the western side of the moon, which is difficult to see from Earth’s surface. If you had been watching, it was more likely that you would have seen the giant plume of moon dust after the fact than the actual impact.

World powers gather to decide how to deal with potential threat to colonising Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour

The legendary The Who drummer, who once jokingly called himself “the best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world,” would have turned 80 today, Aug. 23, 2026. Born in 1946 in Wembley, London, Moon became one of rock’s most distinctive and influential drummers before his death at just 32.

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew