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

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

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

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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Ahead of crash with asteroid, NASA’s DART captures image of Jupiter and four moons

Ahead of crash with asteroid, NASA’s DART captures image of Jupiter and four moons

While on its path to crash into Dimorphos to test a planetary defence technique, NASA’s DART spacecraft captured an image of Jupiter and its four large moons. Ahead of its September 26 encounter with the Didymos asteroid system, the spacecraft’s DRACO (Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical) has captured thousands of stars and other […]

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