Multiple reports say one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets, described as a discarded upper stage, is scheduled to collide with the Moon next week. The impact is reported to occur on Wednesday, when the upper stage is expected to strike the lunar surface unintentionally. The collision is characterized by a high closing speed of about 5,400 miles per hour (roughly 2,400 meters per second), according to the coverage. The anticipated energy of the impact is described as being equivalent to around three tons of TNT, suggesting a crater-forming event at the landing site. The reports frame the event as a planned degradation of an object’s orbit into a lunar collision rather than a targeted landing mission, with the upper stage expected to reach the Moon without a controlled descent. The accounts emphasize the estimated impact speed and energy release, but they do not provide further details such as the exact impact coordinates or scientific mission objectives.