NASA is pulling a "Deep Impact": New spacecraft will test asteroid deflection methods
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA is pulling a "Deep Impact": New spacecraft will test asteroid deflection methods

Salon  

Among existential threats to humanity, asteroid impacts rank high — in part because they've caused extinction-level events on Earth so many times before. To that end, NASA is launching a spacecraft to test means of neutralizing such a threat, using methods similar to those seen in the 1998 big-budget asteroid disaster movies "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact." That is why engineers have come up with a number of ideas for making sure that if the possible doomsday ever comes, humanity will be ready to tell that asteroid that is not welcome near from our gravitational keyhole — that is, the tiny region of space in a planet's gravity that sucks the passing object into its orbit in such a way that collision becomes unavoidable. While the detonation's force would probably blast the asteroid away from Earth, it could also cause fallout problems that would take lives. A "kinetic impactor" like DART was listed as the next best option, although the downside there is that there are many variables about any given asteroid that scientists simply don't know.

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More powerful than atomic bomb? Nasa reveals how dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4 is
1 month, 1 week ago

More powerful than atomic bomb? Nasa reveals how dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4 is

India Today  

The potential impact of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has become a topic of concern as recent observations have raised its collision probability to 2.3%, equivalent to a 1 in 43 chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. For smaller asteroids in the range of 40 to 60 meters, such as those around 130 to 200 feet, the consequences would include …

Asteroid 2024 YR4: More than 100 million people live in risk corridor, Nasa data shows
1 month, 1 week ago

Asteroid 2024 YR4: More than 100 million people live in risk corridor, Nasa data shows

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. Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.6 per cent chance of hitting Earth on 22 December, 2032, …

The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just went slightly up
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just went slightly up

Salon  

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. "It's likely less energetic than even the modest Chelyabinsk impactor from earlier this century," Siegel said, observing that we still haven’t adequately measured 2024 YR4’s potential collision course, so scientists must treat any potential unwanted trespassers with the …

How an asteroid could wipe out life on Earth – and what we’re doing about it
2 months ago

How an asteroid could wipe out life on Earth – and what we’re doing about it

The Independent  

Even as the asteroid hurtled towards Earth, we were arguing. Knowing all the information about the asteroid, including the risk it posed, would require quick action and substantial funding – but it would be hard to convince those in power to spend time and money on a threat that couldn’t be quantified. “Many stakeholders expressed that they would want as …

Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth
3 months ago

Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth

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 A Belfast-based astronomer has said a planetary defence mission with which he is …

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

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 …

Earth is poorly prepared for asteroid strike - even if we had an advance warning of 14 years, official report finds
9 months, 1 week ago

Earth is poorly prepared for asteroid strike - even if we had an advance warning of 14 years, official report finds

Daily Mail  

Being wiped out by a massive space rock that hits Earth at thousands of miles an hour is one of the ways humanity could go extinct. On average, Earth is hit by a football pitch-sized rock every 5,000 years, and a civilisation-ending asteroid every one million years, according to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman, a …

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape
1 year ago

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

Live Mint  

A recap of what made news in the world of science and technology this week. Google fined $272 million in news copyright issue French regulators said on 20 March that tech giant Google was being fined $272 million for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and using their material for its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini …

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 …

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
2 years, 2 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, 5 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, 5 months ago

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

The Independent  

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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 …

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge, calls DART mission a save-the-world test
2 years, 5 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. …

NASA says success of DART mission to divert asteroid is a 'watershed moment' in planetary defence
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA says success of DART mission to divert asteroid is a 'watershed moment' in planetary defence

ABC  

The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid nudged the rocky moonlet out of its natural orbit — the first time humanity has changed the motion of a celestial body, NASA has announced. Key points: The mission is the first test of a planetary defence system It is designed to prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth NASA says its …

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 …

What is NASA's DART mission? Details here in pics
2 years, 6 months ago

What is NASA's DART mission? Details here in pics

Live Mint  

What is NASA's DART mission? Updated: 28 Sep 2022, 11:20 AM IST Share Via Double Asteroid Redirection Test was launched by NASA to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards. 1/7The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.It is the first Kinetic Impactor Method of planetary defence, where a DART spacecraft …

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 …

NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists
2 years, 6 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, 6 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target
2 years, 6 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 …

NASA's 'Double Asteroid Redirection Test', or DART, has made impact with an asteroid. Here's what you need to know
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's 'Double Asteroid Redirection Test', or DART, has made impact with an asteroid. Here's what you need to know

ABC  

If an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, could we stop it? The Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART — is a small spacecraft on a one-way mission to try to send an asteroid off-course through kinetic impact. Loading YouTube content DRACO's jobs are to: Support DART's navigation and …

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 will crash a $488 million spacecraft into an asteroid. Here's why
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA will crash a $488 million spacecraft into an asteroid. Here's why

ABC  

In eight days NASA will deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid in a $US330 million attempt to change the asteroid's course. It's the world's first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid collisions. DART is the world's first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid collisions. There's 0 per cent chance …

NASA’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why
2 years, 6 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's asteroid deflection test explained
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's asteroid deflection test explained

Daily Mail  

Smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid in a bid to throw it off course may evoke memories of a Hollywood disaster movie such as Armageddon or Deep Impact. It is the US space agency's first ever attempt at such a mission and will involve a spacecraft crashing into an asteroid 6.8 million miles from Earth at 15,000mph in two weeks' …

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. …

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