Explained: NASA's 'save the world' experiment which will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid
2 years, 3 months ago

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

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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 clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. The impact should be just enough 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. “This really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption,” said Nancy Chabot, a planetary scientist and mission team leader at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, which is managing the effort. Another spacecraft, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, is loaded into NASA’s new moon rocket awaiting liftoff; it will use a solar sail to fly past a space rock that’s less than 60 feet next year.

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Giant, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth tomorrow | All you need to know
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Giant, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth tomorrow | All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

NASA is monitoring a “massive” asteroid which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday. The asteroid's distance from Earth will be 5.5 million kilometers, more than 14 times the distance between the Earth and Moon. While 5.5 million kilometers is still significantly close, it is a “safe” distance in the context of space. How NASA tracks asteroids: For this, …

Could an asteroid wipe out life on Earth – and what are we doing about it?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Could an asteroid wipe out life on Earth – and what are we doing about it?

The Independent  

Even as the asteroid hurtled towards Earth, we were arguing. Last month, for instance, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that was spotted just hours before it crashed into us – it was so small that it burnt up in the sky without posing any danger, but it was a widely-heralded reminder of the danger that might come with …

‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?

Hindustan Times  

A mountain-sized space rock is set to fly past Earth on Thursday, June 27. Dubbed the “Planet Killer,” 2011 UL21 will be one of the closest asteroids to approach the Blue Planet. Planet Killer asteroid will fly by Earth on June 27 ‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to buzz past Earth The giant space rock was first discovered in 2011 and orbits …

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…
6 months ago

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…

Hindustan Times  

Imagine if scientists found a massive asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth in 14 years—a space rock so large it could obliterate a city and wreak havoc across an entire region. NASA says earth safe from any asteroid threat for the next one century This is the hypothetical scenario that NASA experts, federal emergency managers, and their international …

NASA says 280-foot asteroid set to approach Earth! Know how close it will get
8 months ago

NASA says 280-foot asteroid set to approach Earth! Know how close it will get

Hindustan Times  

While small asteroids keep zipping past Earth at fairly regular intervals some of the bigger ones are not that frequent. And now, US space agency NASA says that one asteroid that is as big as 280 feet is all set to get very close to Earth tomorrow, April 21. That the danger is real is clear from the fact that …

Scary 170-foot asteroid set to fly close to Earth; NASA has all the details
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Scary 170-foot asteroid set to fly close to Earth; NASA has all the details

Hindustan Times  

Asteroids are known for the potential danger that they carry in case they collide with planets or moons. And now, US space agency NASA has detected an asteroid that is a scary 170-foot monster and it will be approaching Earth in a very close encounter. A humongous asteroid is on its way to making a close approach to Earth, reveals …

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

’Enough to wipe a city’, catastrophic asteroid set to pass Earth
1 year, 9 months ago

’Enough to wipe a city’, catastrophic asteroid set to pass Earth

Live Mint  

An asteroid with enough size to destroy a city will pass through the space between the Earth and the moon's orbit on Saturday. The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, was found just a month ago and is set to have a close encounter with the moon on Saturday, passing within a distance of 320,000 miles. “There is no chance of this …

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
1 year, 10 months ago

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection

The Hindu  

The discovery of an asteroid the size of a small shipping truck mere days before it passed Earth on Thursday, albeit one that posed no threat to humans, highlights a blind spot in our ability to predict those that could actually cause damage, astronomers say. NASA for years has prioritised detecting asteroids much bigger and more existentially threatening than 2023 …

Op-Ed: Good news for a change — NASA proves there’s a defense against killer asteroids
2 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Good news for a change — NASA proves there’s a defense against killer asteroids

LA Times  

The view of Dimorphos’ surface from DART just before impact, and the view of the crash from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. On Sept. 26, DART, a spacecraft the size of a commercial dryer, hit a nonthreatening asteroid called Dimorphos — and proved that we humans might be capable of mounting an Earthly defense, should …

Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’

The Independent  

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NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space
2 years, 2 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 …

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge, calls DART mission a save-the-world test
2 years, 2 months ago

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge, calls DART mission a save-the-world test

India TV News  

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. The Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand miles. …

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

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 for whatever the universe throws at us,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a briefing at the …

NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
2 years, 2 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, 2 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 …

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

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision
2 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists

Live Mint  

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday successfully crashed into an asteroid. "NASA's DART mission is a step towards preparing the world for a potential future asteroid strike like the one which killed dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, the chances of which are very slim in our lifetime," Indian scientists said. …

How Nasa’s Dart mission could save Earth from rogue asteroids
2 years, 2 months ago

How Nasa’s Dart mission could save Earth from rogue asteroids

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. “Dart is demonstrating what we call the kinetic impact technique for changing the speed of the asteroid …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
2 years, 2 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 …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test
2 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 defense test | Watch
2 years, 2 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 …

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, 2 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 …

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target

The Hindu  

Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth. Dimorphos and Didymos are both tiny compared with the cataclysmic Chicxulub asteroid that struck Earth some 66 million years ago, wiping out about three-quarters of …

Webb telescope aimed at asteroid targeted by Nasa spacecraft for collision
2 years, 2 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 …

In a few hours, NASA will clash with asteroid as big as football stadium
2 years, 2 months ago

In a few hours, NASA will clash with asteroid as big as football stadium

Live Mint  

In order to demonstrate NASA's capability to defend Earth from deadly asteroids in the future, a robotic NASA spacecraft is scheduled to ram an asteroid in outer space on September 26 at a speed of 25,500 kilometres per hour. The DART spacecraft will initially detect Dimorphos, an asteroid the size of a football stadium, as a single pixel in its …

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid
2 years, 2 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 …

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid for first time: What will happen?
2 years, 3 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, 3 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 …

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
2 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why
2 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why

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. An HT Tech report cited, in their 1964 book Islands in Space: The Challenge of the Planetoids, astronomers Dandridge Cole and Donald Cox envisioned manoeuvring asteroids to serve as the ultimate …

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid on this date. How to watch it live?
2 years, 3 months ago

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid on this date. How to watch it live?

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will conduct a defence test against any imaginable asteroid collision with Earth on September 26. The US space agency claims it to be the world’s first planetary defence test – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – and plans to livestream for the public on its media platforms. The DART mission is a key test that …

When and how Nasa’s Dart mission will practise saving Earth from deadly asteroids, and how you can watch it live.
2 years, 4 months ago

When and how Nasa’s Dart mission will practise saving Earth from deadly asteroids, and how you can watch it live.

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. Launched on 24 November 2021, Dart used solar electric propulsion to fly a trajectory that will intercept …

NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch
2 years, 4 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, 4 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 spacecraft set to hit asteroid opens eyes in space, beams back first images
3 years ago

Nasa spacecraft set to hit asteroid opens eyes in space, beams back first images

India Today  

Two weeks after it launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft has come to life in space. The probe beamed back first images of deep space as it heads to asteroid Dimorphos to demonstrate a new planetary defence system. OPENING EYES IN SPACE The spacecraft opened the circular door covering the aperture …

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket …

NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why
3 years, 1 month 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 …

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