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Miracle! NASA deflects GIGANTIC 530-foot asteroid with DART mission, can save Earth now

NASA has confirmed that its first attempt at planetary defense against a destructive asteroid has miraculously succeeded. NASA's first attempt at planetary defense against potentially world-destroying asteroids was a miraculous success, the space agency has revealed. NASA's DART Mission is a nearly $330 million first step to protect Earth from potential asteroid impact. The aim of the Double Asteroid Detection Test or DART test was to smash a spacecraft into the Dimorphos asteroid to deflect it away from its path. In fact, there are two asteroids involved. According to NASA, Dimorphos is a gigantic 530-foot asteroid, which orbits an even larger asteroid called Didymos, nearly 5 times its size. Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washin...
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NASA asteroid collision mission and its significance | Explained

Do you know why NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid millions of kilometers away? Here’s all about NASA’s DART Mission. After months of anticipation, NASA finally conducted its first planetary defense test on September 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT by smashing its spacecraft into an asteroid located millions of kilometers away. Now, asteroids are usually found orbiting the Sun in the main asteroid belt near Jupiter. NASA said its target asteroid did not pose any risk to Earth at all. Then why did the space agency spend hundreds of millions of dollars to smash a spacecraft into the asteroid? What is NASA's DART Mission and what does the space agency aim to achieve by colliding its spacecraft with a space rock?NASA's DART MissionY...
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NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test. NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center outside Washington, D.C., 10 months after DART was launched. The livestream showed images taken by DART's camera as the cube-shaped "impactor" vehicle, no bigger than a vending machine with two rectangular solar arrays, streaked into the asteroid Dimorphos, about the size of a footba...
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Bam! NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in defense test

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 9.6 million kilometers away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 22,500 kph. Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid's orbit. Telescopes around the world and in space aimed at the same point in the sky to capture the spectacle. Though the impact was immediately obvious — Dart's radio signal ab...
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Humanity 1, asteroids 0: NASA Craft Rams Distant Asteroid in Test of Earth Defense

A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid 10.9 mn km from Earth. A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid approximately 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers) from Earth in a test to determine if the impact can nudge the space rock slightly off course. NASA launched its DART spacecraft in November 2021 with the express purpose of colliding with an asteroid about the size of a football stadium at 14,000 miles per hour. “In case you're keeping score: humanity 1, asteroids 0,” Tahira Allen, a NASA spokesperson, said during the livestream after the impact. The mission is NASA's first demonstration of the agency's planetary-defense initiative to protect Earth from the possibility of a haz...
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NASA DART mission made Earth asteroid proof? History made, but there is a catch; tech on it

NASA has successfully carried out an asteroid collision with its DARTH mission spacecraft. However, there is a catch. NASA today recreated Armageddon, one of the great sci-fi movies of all-time, by trying to deflect an asteroid off its course with the help of its amazing technology in the form of its spacecraft. The Bruce Willis starrer had depicted what would happen if an asteroid threatens to impact Earth and how nukes were used. With the help of its DART mission, NASA successfully crashed its spacecraft into Asteroid Dimorphos to try and deflect it from its course. However, there is a catch. While the asteroid collision was successful, there is no clarity as yet whether the asteroid was actually deflected. For that, we wi...
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Space Suicide! NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears planned impact with its target

NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears planned impact with its target asteroid Dimorphos. Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth.The cube-shaped "impactor" vehicle, roughly the size of a vending machine with two rectangular solar arrays, was on course to fly into the asteroid Dimorphos, about as large as a football stadium, and self-destruct around 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) some 6.8 million miles (11 million km) from Earth. The mission's finale will test the ability of a spacecraft to alter an asteroid's trajectory with sheer kinetic ...
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Historic! NASA DART mission to deflect giant 560-foot asteroid today

NASA's DART mission is set to take place today in a bid to deflect an asteroid from its course. Here’s what you need to know about this NASA mission. Apocalyptic movies like Armageddon, Deep Impact and even Armageddon have explored the possibility of total annihilation when an asteroid threatns to strike Earth. These “What Ifs” of world destruction have always captured the minds of sci-fi geeks. But what if an asteroid actually comes towards Earth? Would our planet survive or would there be total annihilation? It seems NASA scientists have similar queries as the space agency has got its test ready to conduct its first ever planetary defense test and it is all happening today. NASA has had a plan in the works for a long ti...
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What is DART Mission? Know this NASA plan to defend Earth against Asteroids

What if an asteroid comes for us? Well, NASA has got your back. Here’s what NASA has to say about its DART Mission to protect Earth against asteroids. Apocalyptic movies like Deep Impact, Armageddon and Don't Look Up have always explored the ‘What Ifs' of world destruction, with the most famous means of world destruction being asteroids crashing into Earth. But have you ever wondered what would happen if such an asteroid headed for Earth? Would our planet survive or would there be total annihilation?Asteroids have been a common occurrence these past few months with more than 40 asteroids flying past Earth closely in the month of August alone. All of these asteroids, although classified as Potentially Hazardous Objects, passe...
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NASA’s DART Mission collision with asteroid set for Sept! Watch it LIVE, know how, when and where

NASA’s DART Mission is set to collide with its target asteroid on September 26 this year. Here’s what we know so far. You can watch the NASA DART mission live. What if an asteroid is headed for Earth? What would happen if any of the stray asteroids in the solar system hit Earth? Could we save ourselves from total annihilation? If such questions have crossed your mind, then your questions could get answered soon, thanks to NASA's DART Mission. The DART mission spacecraft is set to impact its target Dimorphos asteroid on September 26 and you can watch the NASA event live.DART Mission's first planetary defense test is set to take place on August 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT when the spacecraft will impact the target asteroid. NASA has s...