NASA DART Hits Target
NASA, announced that it successfully concluded it's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) by flying the craft straight into into Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the asteroid Didymos. The mission was the first step in testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). DART is the result...
Can we really deflect an asteroid by crashing into it? Nobody knows, but we are excited to try
Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) spacecraft is designed to be a one hit wonder. It will end its days by crashing into an asteroid at 24,000 kilometres per hour on September 26. Launched from Earth in November 2021, Dart is about the size of a bus and...