Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid

LA Times  

Scientists react as a spacecraft crashes into an asteroid named Dimorphos. Though the impact was immediately obvious — DART’s radio signal abruptly ceased — it will take days or even weeks to determine how much the asteroid’s path was changed. Earlier Monday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reminded people via Twitter that, “No, this is not a movie plot.” He added in a prerecorded video: ”We’ve all seen it on movies like ‘Armageddon,’ but the real-life stakes are high.” Monday’s target was a 525-foot asteroid named Dimorphos. Launched in November, the vending-machine-size DART — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager. “The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program to help them know what was coming, but we do,” NASA senior climate advisor Katherine Calvin said, referring to the mass extinction 66 million years ago believed to have been caused by a major asteroid impact, volcanic eruptions or both.

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Chunks of asteroid from NASA's deflection test could smash into Earth in the next 10 years
7 months, 1 week ago

Chunks of asteroid from NASA's deflection test could smash into Earth in the next 10 years

Daily Mail  

Debris from an asteroid deflected by NASA could reach our planet within the next decade, a study says. The research team ran simulations that tracked 3 million debris particles from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, which collided a spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022. The DART mission was a success, but simulations showed that resulting debris could one …

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos
1 year ago

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

The Hindu  

When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object's trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth. Thus, its global strength is quite low, allowing deformation much more easily than for a solid monolithic body," said Steve Chesley, a senior research scientist at …

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say

ABC  

NASA's successful mission to smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid moon in 2022 is likely to have "completely reshaped" its target, according to new research. Earth's first planetary defence system test NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test intentionally directed a spacecraft into the path of Dimorphos, a tiny moonlet of near-Earth asteroid Didymos, in September 2022. Full impact of NASA's …

Full impact of NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission revealed in new studies
2 years, 1 month ago

Full impact of NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission revealed in new studies

ABC  

NASA's real-life Armageddon mission to move an asteroid off course was even more of a smashing success than early results indicated. Key points: NASA's DART mission smashed into a tiny asteroid last year Five new studies reveal more details about the impact site, dust tail, and just how far the space rock moved The mission gives scientists an idea about …

NASA’s DART Mission a huge success, has successfully altered asteroid’s orbit by about 10 metres
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s DART Mission a huge success, has successfully altered asteroid’s orbit by about 10 metres

Firstpost  

NASA’s DART mission which crashed into a minor asteroid called Dimorphos has been declared a success. “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a briefing at the space agency’s headquarters in Washington. “Let’s all just kind of take a moment to soak this in …

NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space

Live Mint  

US space agency NASA confirmed on Wednesday that its recent attempt to alter the path of an asteroid happened successfully. NASA said that the orbit of 160m-wide space rock known as Dimorphos was changed when the DART probe struck its head in September this year. On Twitter, NASA confirmed that analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by …

NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth

The Hindu  

NASA on Tuesday said it had succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a smaller, faster orbit around its big brother Didymos, said NASA …

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge
2 years, 5 months ago

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

LA Times  

The asteroid Dimorphos is seen as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft flies toward it on Sept. 26, 2022. A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready …

NASA says DART spacecraft successfully alters asteroid’s path
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA says DART spacecraft successfully alters asteroid’s path

Al Jazeera  

Taking a page out of science fiction and Hollywood scripts, US space agency aims to prevent collision with Earth. NASA says it has succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity’s ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test impactor deliberately smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos on …

Asteroid smacked by NASA spacecraft now has a debris trail more than 6,000 miles long
2 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid smacked by NASA spacecraft now has a debris trail more than 6,000 miles long

LA Times  

A plume of dust and debris trails the asteroid Dimorphos, which was hit by a NASA spacecraft. The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact. The image shows an expanding, comet-like tail more than 6,000 miles long, consisting of dust and other material spewed from the …

Huge 6000-mile long debris trail now follows asteroid Dimorphos slammed by Nasa Dart spacecraft
2 years, 5 months ago

Huge 6000-mile long debris trail now follows asteroid Dimorphos slammed by Nasa Dart spacecraft

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New observations of an asteroid slammed by Nasa’s Dart spacecraft last week have …

Space telescopes capture NASA’s asteroid slam with striking clarity
2 years, 6 months ago

Space telescopes capture NASA’s asteroid slam with striking clarity

LA Times  

A close-up view of Dimorphos, left, as seen by the NASA spacecraft DART before it crashed into the asteroid. A few hours later, SpaceX and NASA announced that they’re studying the feasibility of sending a private mission to Hubble — potentially led by a billionaire space tourist — to raise the aging telescope’s orbit and extend its life. Telescopes on …

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 27, at 4:44 am IST, the DART spacecraft collided with the space rock Dimorphos. NASA has confirmed that the collision of the auto-rickshaw sized 600 kilogram weighing DART, on the football stadium-sized Dimorphos, about five billion kilogram in mass, has deflected the trajectory of the pair of space rocks. If one can tug a …

Nasa Dart mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defence effort
2 years, 6 months ago

Nasa Dart mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defence effort

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or Dart, slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at 14,400 miles per …

Nasa DART mission live: Nasa successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid in first major test
2 years, 6 months ago

Nasa DART mission live: Nasa successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid in first major test

The Independent  

✕ Close Asteroid strike: NASA craft successfully slams into distant space rock Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa‘s …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

Deccan Chronicle  

CAPE CANAVERAL: A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 9.6 million kilometers away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 22,500 kph. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart —short …

NASA crashes DART spacecraft to experiment planetary defence tech for future asteroid impacts
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA crashes DART spacecraft to experiment planetary defence tech for future asteroid impacts

Op India  

On September 26, a spacecraft launched by NASA crashed into an asteroid. Around ten months ago, the United States space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched a $344 million spacecraft under a mission codenamed Double Asteroid Redirection Test with an aim to intentionally crash it on an asteroid. Watch from #DARTMIssion’s DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

The Hindu  

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed on Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager. …

When we may know if Nasa’s Dart mission successfully deflected asteroid
2 years, 6 months ago

When we may know if Nasa’s Dart mission successfully deflected asteroid

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over the coming days, weeks, and months, scientists will begin releasing images and …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Definitely, I will.” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reminded people earlier in the day via Twitter that, “No, this is not a movie plot.” He added in a prerecorded video: ”We’ve all seen it …

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

The Hindu  

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on September 26 in a test of the world's first planetary defence system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center …

NASA DART mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid 9.6 million km away
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA DART mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid 9.6 million km away

Live Mint  

In an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day when an asteroid threatens Earth, a NASA spacecraft crashed into an asteroid at breakneck speed early on September 27. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a vending machine-sized spacecraft that was launched in November, used novel navigational techniques created by the mission manager and spacecraft builder, Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory. DART …

NASA DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In World First Planetary Defence Test History Is Made
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In World First Planetary Defence Test History Is Made

ABP News  

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft has made history by crashing into an asteroid, marking the successful completion of the world's first planetary defence test. pic.twitter.com/2qbVMnqQrD — NASA September 26, 2022 All About DART's Target Before DART’s impact with Dimorphos, the asteroid orbited Didymos, the other asteroid in the binary system. Though Dimorphos posed no threat to Earth, DART was …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in historic defense test | WATCH
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in historic defense test | WATCH

India TV News  

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager. Johns …

NASA successfully launches DART spacecraft into asteroid to see if it can change its course
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA successfully launches DART spacecraft into asteroid to see if it can change its course

ABC  

NASA has successfully smashed a spaceship into an asteroid in an attempt to move an asteroid in space. As the next few months pass we'll learn more about the impact this mission actually had on the asteroid, but DART successfully hit its target, which is humanity's first attempt at moving another celestial body. "Just a small change in its speed …

NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose
55 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose

Wired  

NASA is usually pretty careful with its space probes. That confirmed the spacecraft’s collision, and the room rang out with the shouts of researchers: “Oh wow!” “Oh my goodness!” “We got it!” NASA scientists believe that the asteroid got dented but didn’t entirely break up, and they expect that the impact may have slightly shortened its orbit around Didymos. Shortly …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test | Watch
2 years, 6 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test | Watch

Hindustan Times  

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 14,000 mph. Though the impact was immediately obvious — Dart’s radio signal …

Space experts deliver their verdict on NASA's DART mission to knock an asteroid off course
2 years, 6 months ago

Space experts deliver their verdict on NASA's DART mission to knock an asteroid off course

Daily Mail  

Tonight, NASA may just pull off one of its most ambitious feats in its 64-year history. DART's target is the small asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos, around 6.8 million miles away from our planet. Brace for impact: NASA's first ever 'planetary defence' spacecraft - sent to deflect an asteroid 6.8 million miles from Earth – is …

NASA's DART Spacecraft To Crash Into Asteroid In A Few Hours From Now. When And How To Watch Online All You Need To Know Explained
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's DART Spacecraft To Crash Into Asteroid In A Few Hours From Now. When And How To Watch Online All You Need To Know Explained

ABP News  

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft is set to crash into an asteroid in a few hours from now, and the whole world can watch the exciting spectacle. pic.twitter.com/XCBtdsgVV0 — Bill Nelson September 26, 2022 When And How To Watch DART's Collision With An Asteroid The world can watch the world's first planetary defence test online. Though the asteroid will …

Webb telescope aimed at asteroid targeted by Nasa spacecraft for collision
2 years, 6 months ago

Webb telescope aimed at asteroid targeted by Nasa spacecraft for collision

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s space telescopes, Webb and its predecessor Hubble, as well as the Lucy …

NASA spacecraft's asteroid crash offers insight in case one ever threatens Earth
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA spacecraft's asteroid crash offers insight in case one ever threatens Earth

NPR  

NASA spacecraft's asteroid crash offers insight in case one ever threatens Earth At 7:14 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 26, a NASA spacecraft will crash into a small asteroid. The impact will test whether the space agency could deflect asteroids, in case one ever threatens Earth. CHANG: Now, this was a deliberate impact to see if the asteroid could be redirected …

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid for first time: What will happen?
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid for first time: What will happen?

Live Mint  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the world waits with bated breath as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is set to clash with an asteroid on Monday, 26 September. “We are moving an asteroid,” CNN quoted Tom Statler, NASA program scientist for the DART mission. Meanwhile, Dimorphos measures 525 feet across, and its name means “two forms.” At …

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?

The Hindu  

In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. Dart, the Impactor The Johns Hopkins lab took a minimalist approach in developing Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — given that it’s essentially a battering ram and faces sure destruction. Another spacecraft, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, is loaded into …

Explained: NASA's 'save the world' experiment which will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: NASA's 'save the world' experiment which will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid

Firstpost  

NASA plans to crash a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. The aim is just to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we’d stand a fighting chance of diverting it Cape Canaveral: In the first-of-its-kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to …

Why Is A NASA Spacecraft Crashing Into An Asteroid?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why Is A NASA Spacecraft Crashing Into An Asteroid?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. “This is stuff of science-fiction books and really corny episodes of “StarTrek” from when I was a kid, and now it’s real,” NASA program scientist Tom Statler said Thursday. “This really is about asteroid …

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. “This is stuff of science-fiction books and really corny episodes of “StarTrek” from when I was a kid, and now it’s real,” NASA program scientist Tom Statler said Thursday. “This really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption,” …

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. DART, THE IMPACTOR Johns Hopkins …

Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid Monday
2 years, 6 months ago

Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid Monday

LA Times  

This illustration depicts NASA’s DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube, bottom right, before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART, the impactor Johns Hopkins took a minimalist approach in developing DART — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — given that it’s essentially a battering ram and faces sure destruction. An illustration depicts NASA’s DART probe on …

NASA on track to smash a spacecraft into a giant asteroid at 15,000mph next month
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA on track to smash a spacecraft into a giant asteroid at 15,000mph next month

Daily Mail  

NASA's first ever 'planetary defence' spacecraft – sent to deflect an asteroid 6.8 million miles from Earth – is on course to smash into the space rock at 15,000mph next month. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test was launched last November ahead of an almost year-long journey to crash into the small asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger one called Didymos. …

NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch

Live Mint  

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will hit a target asteroid on 26 September. DART will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered, NASA said about the mission in …

Nasa to crash its Dart spacecraft into asteroid on September 26
2 years, 7 months ago

Nasa to crash its Dart spacecraft into asteroid on September 26

India Today  

Travelling in the darkness of space, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test is ready to rendezvous with its target and on September 26 engineers will intentionally crash it into an asteroid to test a unique technology that could be employed if an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. The spacecraft will impact a known asteroid that is not a threat to Earth …

NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why

India TV News  

Highlights The DART mission lifted off at 1.21 a.m. EST It is the first mission to test technologies for preventing impact on Earth by a hazardous asteroid "Asteroid Dimorphos: we're coming for you!" NASA said on Twitter The DART mission lifted off at 1.21 a.m. EST, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA …

NASA set to launch DART mission to deliberately crash spacecraft into an asteroid: Here's why
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA set to launch DART mission to deliberately crash spacecraft into an asteroid: Here's why

Firstpost  

NASA is conducting the DART mission to evaluate the technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking the Earth. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, also known as the DART mission, will be launched at 10:20 pm PT, on 23 November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. Once the November launch takes place, NASA …

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon

CNN  

CNN — A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. “As such, it will be the first object to be known to humans …

Nasa will crash a spacecraft into this asteroid to slow it down by 1%
3 years, 6 months ago

Nasa will crash a spacecraft into this asteroid to slow it down by 1%

India Today  

Remember the Bruce Willis starred Armageddon, where a group of rag-tag amateur astronauts launched on a mission to deflect an asteroid headed towards Earth? The DART mission will target an asteroid as engineers and astronomers aim to create a defence system able to deflect potential asteroids headed towards Earth in future. "The DART mission is Nasa’s first planetary defence test …

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