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Italian Space Agency releases LICIACube images of DART crash

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Humanity’s first planetary defence test mission got off to a good start when NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a planned collision at 4.44 AM IST on September 27. Now, the Italian Space Agency has released images of the collision captured by its LICIACube a few minutes after the collision. […]

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

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] 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 […]