NASA's DART Spacecraft Successfully Crashes Into An Asteroid

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An illustration of the DART spacecraft heading toward the Didymos binary asteroid system (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Public domain/ Wikimedia Commons)

On September 26, 2022, NASA's golf cart-sized DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally crashed into a distant asteroid. The spectacular collision, observed by telescopes worldwide, was NASA's first practical attempt to alter the path of an asteroid. The $325 million mission was part of the space agency's overall planetary defense strategy to protect Earth from the impact of an errant space rock.

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  • kumquatperson
    kumquatperson약 3년
    Why not just build a rocket to send into space with laser type thing and just blast them mid air..
    • nasajayhopsikn
      nasajayhopsikn약 3년
      Because this isn't star wars kumquat. A laser mounted to a 747 could barley shoot down a 5x5x5 foot ICBM warhead so what makes you think we can "blast" a 5 mile asteroid. The DART program is the single best way to DEFLECT, an asteroid, because there is no efficient way to destroy one.
    • begole
      begole약 3년
      ok just to clarify to everyone so they stop being difficult, the astroid never would have hit earth or done anything it would have just went past and nothing would happen. {Ok?} and why they hit the astroid is becuse they wanted to see if it was possibel to hit one and send it off corse becuse if an astroid was going to hit earth in like 2000 years then we would have the tecnolighy
      • howww
        howww약 3년
        that is a lot of money
      • coolin
        coolin약 3년
        if we could stop asteroids we could delay extinction
        • coolin
          coolin약 3년
          wow
          • 3raelynnbrown
            3raelynnbrown약 3년
            cool
            • camden45
              camden45약 3년
              cool
              • mastermonkey
                mastermonkey약 3년
                nice
                • california_girl
                  california_girl약 3년
                  Thanks to Nasa! even though a meteor hit would be pretty cool......only if nobody got hurt.
                  • kerfymarius
                    kerfymarius약 3년
                    this is so cool

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