![]() The mission aimed to “evaluate the effectiveness of this mitigation approach and assess how best to apply it to future planetary defense scenarios,” according to the space administration.Īdvertisement DART is set to collide with Dimorphos, which measures 525 feet across and orbits a 2,500-foot-wide asteroid named Didymos some 6.5 million miles away. The spacecraft - which is the size of a compact car - was destroyed, but the collision was documented by a small satellite called LICIACube that trailed behind. The space rock - which is some 6.5 million miles from Earth - holds no threat to the planet, but is a perfect subject to test a new system that could knock a dangerous asteroid off course, scientists say.ĭART smashed into Dimorphos and successfully knocked it out of its 12-hour orbit, scientists say. “A giant leap for humanity in the name of planetary defense.” “We have impact!” one of NASA news editor’s Samson Reiny said in the live video. ![]() in an event that was live streamed by the space agency on its website. The room of NASA scientists and engineers erupted in cheers and applause as the spacecraft made impact. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) collided with a 530-foot-wide interplanetary body named Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. NASA practiced saving the Earth by ramming the vending-machine-sized spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to prove it can deflect planet-threatening space rocks. ![]() NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid at 15,000 miles per hour Monday night in a test run to prepare for when a massive space rock actually threatens Earth. NASA launching a streaming service: ‘A new era of pioneers’Īstronaut John Glenn and baseball legend Ted Williams were unlikely BFFs ![]() Mars is spinning faster, its days getting shorter - one theory why ‘World’s best’ meteor shower set to light up the sky this weekend ![]()
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