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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). [4] [5] It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the asteroid head-on. [6]
Artistic impression of NASA's DART spacecraft (below) approaching MUBLCOM (above) while orbiting over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Central America DART , or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology , was a NASA spacecraft with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability.
The pioneering NASA spacecraft has made make science fiction a reality - or at least that’s the theory.
NASA's DART mission was a success. Images taken by satellite show plumes from the asteroid impact, but it could take weeks to monitor for changes in the asteroid’s trajectory.
NASA’s Dart mission ship successfully slammed into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. Monday, the space agency announced.
The DART impact on the center of Dimorphos decreased the orbital period, previously 11.92 hours, by 33±1 minutes. This large change indicates the recoil from material excavated from the asteroid and ejected into space by the impact (known as ejecta) contributed significant momentum change to the asteroid, beyond that of the DART spacecraft itself.
Ever since we learned that an asteroid sucker punched the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, we’ve been a little bit worried it might happen again, but with us in the crosshairs. Countless movies ...
Original – DART's final 5.5 minutes until impact. This replay movie is 10 times faster than reality, except for the last six images, which are shown at the same rate that the spacecraft returned them. Reason Impact video of the DART asteroid redirection test on September 26, 2022. First video of its kind.