Images of a rare sight in the sky emerged as a result of the SpaceX rocket owned by Elon Musk breaking apart. The debris being dragged through the sky due to the rocket's disintegration also caused disruptions to flights in the United States. Witness Clint Gerald, who captured the event while traveling in Florida, could not hide his astonishment. "FRIGHTENING YET MAGNIFICENT"Gerald recounted the event, saying, "It was frightening yet magnificent. Everyone had a theory about what it could be; fireworks, meteors, drones, and UFOs. We felt relieved after learning what was happening." SPACEX LAUNCHED TWO SPACECRAFT BELONGING TO US AND JAPANESE COMPANIES INTO SPACEMeanwhile, yesterday, SpaceX sent two spacecraft belonging to US and Japanese companies into space to conduct research on the Moon. According to a report on Space.com, the two spacecraft were launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida using the SpaceX-produced Falcon 9 rocket. WILL CONDUCT 10 EXPERIMENTSThe US company Firefly Aerospace's spacecraft "Blue Ghost," which completed its first mission to the Moon, is expected to collect dust from the Moon and conduct 10 experiments, including research related to clothing that could be worn on the lunar surface by measuring the surface temperature. JAPANESE SPACECRAFT CRASHED DURING LANDING ON THE MOONThe "Hakuto-R" Mission-1 spacecraft belonging to the Japanese company Ispace successfully entered the Moon's orbit on March 21, but Ispace announced that contact with the vehicle, which was expected to land on the Moon's surface on April 26, was lost with the Tokyo control center, and the spacecraft may have crashed during its landing attempt. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) captured photos of four large craters, which are believed to be the wreckage of Ispace's "Hakuto-R" Mission-1 spacecraft, on May 25. Ispace's unmanned spacecraft was sent to the Moon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December 2022.
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