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[ad_1] In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. David Barnhart is a professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California and director of the Space Engineering Research Center there. He watched NASA's live stream of the successful mission and explains what is known so far.1. What do the images show? The first images, taken by a camera aboard DART, show the doubl...

[ad_1] Nasa’s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into an asteroid on September 26. Video reveals the very moment of the collission. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test also known as DART successfully crashed into its target asteroid on September 26 and you can watch the video of the collision. The world's first planetary defence technology demonstration included crashing a 570kg spacecraft into binary asteroid system named asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos. The target was the moonlet. While people across the globe are celebrating the success, a satellite, several telescopes in space and across Earth captured the spectacular view of NASA's DART spacecraft crashing into the asteroid Dimorphos. In fact, the ...

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Miracle! NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid –Check out LAST PHOTO before impact

Watch video: This is the moment NASA’s DART spacecraft crashes into asteroid