NASA DART Impacts Asteroid & Planetary Defense Update: October 2022

NASA DART Impacts Asteroid & Planetary Defense Update: October 2022

NASA has intentionally impacted asteroid Dimorphos in the name of  planetary defense! However, planetary defense at NASA includes so much more—finding, tracking, and characterizing near-Earth objects are part of our mission too. 

So what have we found so far?

Credit: NASA 360

Duration: 1 minute, 25 seconds

Release Date:  October 1, 2022

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