Watch a SpaceX booster tumble in space en route to moon impact

UPDATE Feb. 14 - New data analysis shows that it is a Chinese booster, not a SpaceX upper stage. Learn more: https://www.space.com/rocket-stage-to-hit-moon-chinese-not-spacex Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured this timelapse of a SpaceX upper stage tumbling in space. It s the Falcon 9 booster that launched the DSCOVR satellite in 2015 and is predicted to crash into the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage coutesy Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project | produced & edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)