DART mission’s 500kg spacecraft to crash into asteroid on this date; Watch it online for free here
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will crash a 500kg spacecraft into an asteroid for a safe planetary defence test. Know where to watch it for FREE.
NASA is ready to make an attempt to deflect an asteroid via Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on September 26. The process would involve crashing a 500kg spacecraft into an asteroid moonlet. The binary asteroid system consists of Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos. The asteroid mission is to change their trajectory. DART will re-route the asteroid by using kinetic impact. The spacecraft is designed to smash into the smaller member of the binary asteroid system. It's a part of NASA's larger planetary defence strategy to safeguard Earth in case of an asteroid that...