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In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit…
The $325 million planetary defense test began with Dart's launch last fall.
To be clear: Dimorphos doesn’t pose any threat to Earth, but the DART mission is the first physical test in space of one of NASA’s primary tenets: planetary defense.
NASA's DART spacecraft is set to collide with its target asteroid on Monday and here's how people can watch the historic moment!
Three space satellites will attempt to witness an epic event when NASA's DART mission rams itself into an asteroid named Dimorphos.