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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successful: DART crashes into Dimorphos

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successful: DART crashes into Dimorphos

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NASA’s DART spacecraft, DART Mission Success: The DART spacecraft successfully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos at 4.44 AM IST on September 27. With the collision, humanity’s first planetary defence test has been completed successfully in a mission that went exactly as planned without any hitches. “We already knew the images would be spectacular but I […]

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NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test live: DART’s planned collision with Dimorphos

NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test live: DART’s planned collision with Dimorphos

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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Live Updates: NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft is scheduled to collide with the asteroid Dimorphos at approximately 7.14 PM EDT on September 26 (4.44 AM IST on September 27). The mission will be the first to test a “kinetic impactor” method of planetary defence, which involves changing […]

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