A discarded section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to collide with the moon early Wednesday, creating a sizable crater.

UTC, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to strike sunlit terrain near Einstein Crater. It will be traveling at roughly 8,700 kilometers per hour, or 5,400 miles per hour. The abandoned rocket part shouldn’t cause any particular problems,

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, telescopes around the world will try to capture something never seen from Earth: an old rocket slamming into the moon's daylight side.

Abandoned spacecraft will hit with the force of three tons of TNT and leave behind a hole in the lunar surface