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...