An astronomy software dev claims a Falcon 9 upper stage will hit the Moon in August, traveling at several times the speed of sound. The upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket used to launch the Blue Ghost and Hakuto-R lunar lander is set to have its own close encounter with the Moon after loitering in orbit for more than a year, claims astronomer Bill Gray of Project Pluto, who posted a commentary on the object. It is his software that projected the August 5 impact. The Falcon 9 was launched on January 15, 2025, on a mission to send a pair of landers to the Moon. One, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, made a successful landing . The other, ispace's Hakuto-R, did not fare so well . However, while the first stage of the Falcon 9 landed successfully, the second stage and payload canister remained in space. The latter reentered the atmosphere and was destroyed. The former was in too high an orbit and carried on circling the Earth.…