NASA crashes DART spacecraft today into an asteroid for planetary defense test
NASA says DART’s planetary defense & asteroid collision test would help earth deflect an asteroid, should one ever happen in the future.
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NASA says DART’s planetary defense & asteroid collision test would help earth deflect an asteroid, should one ever happen in the future.
Watch NASA's DART spacecraft crash into the asteroid Dimorphos as part of a planetary defence test from 7:30am AEST, on 27 September / 5:30pm US EDT on 26 September.
Asteroid Didymos is not at risk of hitting Earth, but NASA is testing whether slamming into it with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft can throw it off course.
The DART spacecraft's tiny companion is ready to photograph a brand-new impact site Monday night (Sept. 26).
The cameras documenting NASA’s DART mission are named LUKE and LEIA.