NASA craft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense
NASA launched its DART spacecraft in November of 2021 with the purpose of colliding with an asteroid about the size of a football stadium.
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NASA launched its DART spacecraft in November of 2021 with the purpose of colliding with an asteroid about the size of a football stadium.
A Nasa spacecraft slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed early on Tuesday in the world's first test of planetary defence.
DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it marked the first time humanity had tried to deflect an object in space. It's a test to see how we'd defend Earth against asteroid impacts.