One More Crater on the Moon

This Friday (October 9th) at around 12:30 pm, one more crater will be added to the face of the moon.

NASA (along with other organizations) plan to launch a rocket to smash a crater in the South Pole of the moon which will propel around "350 tonnes of material" into space. The sun will shine on the matter in space, and scientists on the ground will be able to analyze its composition to see if there is ice present in it.

The collision of the rocket onto the moon won't have any negative effect on it or us, so don't worry, the oceans won't swell out of control and the moon won't spin out of orbit. These sort of collisions are happening all the time.