NASA's DART Spacecraft Successfully Impacts Asteroid Dimorphos

NASA's DART Spacecraft Successfully Impacts Asteroid Dimorphos  

For NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the DART spacecraft impacted asteroid Dimorphos in the binary asteroid system Didymos, on September 26, 2022, at 23:14 UTC (19:14 EDT). The binary asteroid system Didymos is NOT a threat to Earth, making it an ideal testing ground to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way of changing its course. The asteroid Dimorphos is the size of a football stadium.

Credit: NASA

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes, 37 seconds

Release Date: September 26, 2022

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