NASA purposely crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid
The DART mission is NASA's demonstration of kinetic impactor technology, impacting an asteroid to adjust its speed and path.
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The DART mission is NASA's demonstration of kinetic impactor technology, impacting an asteroid to adjust its speed and path.
The European Hera mission will follow NASA's DART asteroid-deflecting spacecraft to the binary space rock Didymos and detail the aftermath of DART's collision with the smaller of the two asteroids, Dimorphos. It will even attempt to peek inside the asteroid duo in a scientific first.
The first operation to ever collide a spacecraft with an asteroid is set to launch Wednesday (Nov. 24) and will see whether humans can deflect a potentially disastrous cosmic impact.
The moonlet the asteroid wants to move will only be visible in its sensors an hour before impact.
NASA’s DART mission to redirect a non-threatening asteroid is set to launch later this week. Here’s what you need to know about this historic