NASA's statement on Friday declined to speculate on the origin of the now-obliterated rocket. 'The object is quite conclusively identified as the Chang'e 5-T1 booster,' Gray wrote on his blog after the LRO images were released. Gray contends China is mixing up its missions. The March rocket strike occurred when 'a discarded rocket stage that’s been drifting through deep space since at least 2015 collided with the moon,' according to National Geographic, which reported that the rocket was 'completely obliterated.' The impact occurred on the far side of the moon, out of range of ground telescopes.However, the Chinese government has said Gray and the others are mistaken. And the videos in the post that suggest it was were made in 20 using visual-effects software, said Greg Pietrantonio, the person who created them.

The impact of the March crash was not visible to humans. On another occasion, in 2009, NASA intentionally crashed a rocket into the moon for experimental purposes, and information about that mission was made public. Scientists have said the rocket part was 'space junk' from a Chinese rocket mission in 2014. Part of a rocket did strike the moon on March 4, but evidence does not support the claim that the crash was planned by the government. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. I'm pretty sure that wasn't no ‘ROCKET’ I mean it is but a rocket missiel (sic). The question is what the hell is the government up to? I'm pretty sure this wasn't NO ACCIDENT. That we missed the event of what happened to the moon on March 4th, 2022,' the caption says, with misspellings. 'Everyone been so focused on Wiil & Jada, Ukraine & Russia. It shows two videos side by side, each depicting an object puncturing the moon. The April 11 post suggested that when a rocket part crashed into the moon in March, it was planned by the government and visible from Earth.

A Facebook post made false claims about a real rocket crash that happened last month.

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