NASA took aim at an asteroid last month, and on Tuesday, the space agency announced that its planned 14,000-mile-per-hour collision with an object named Dimorphos made even more of a bull's-eye shot than expected.
That winning strike was the first of its kind. "We conducted humanity's first planetary defense test," said Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA, during a news conference, "and we showed the world that NASA is serious as a defender of this planet."
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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos when the NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into the space rock on September 26, according to the agency.
NASA successfully shifted an asteroid's orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos
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(THE CONVERSATION) NASA recently crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – was meant to test one potential strategy for preventing an asteroid from colliding with Earth.
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NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office has red-flagged an asteroid named Asteroid 2022 SG6 due to its extremely close approach to the planet. The asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow, October 13, at a distance of 6 million kilometers.
According to the-sky.org, the Asteroid 2022 SG6 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was discovered recently on September 22.
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NASA says spacecraft crash changed an asteroid's orbit in test to protect Earth from future ...
NASA says spacecraft crash changed an asteroid's orbit in test to protect Earth from future threats
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Two weeks ago, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission struck its target with a small satellite in what is known as a kinetic impact, paving the way for future […]
NASA: Asteroid-crashing DART mission a huge success
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA officials said Tuesday that the DART mission to redirect the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos was more successful than they expected.
During a 2 p.m. EDT press conference on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the Double Asteroid Redirection Test ( DART ) successfully changed the asteroid Dimorphos' trajectory and the orbit around its big brother Didymos by 32 minutes following the Sept. 26 experiment.
This just in: The #DARTmission impact is confirmed to have changed the orbit of moonlet Dimorphos around its astero… https://t.co/EQxQ2sfteo NASA (from Pale Blue Dot) Tue Oct 11 18:32:37 +0000 2022
CONFIRMED: Analysis of data obtained over the past 2 weeks by the #DARTMission team shows impact with Dimorphos has… https://t.co/kxlvA5vtYO AsteroidWatch (from Washington, D.C.) Tue Oct 11 18:32:01 +0000 2022
🎯Bullseye! @NASA's #DARTMission successfully changed the targeted asteroid's trajectory—and its orbit by 32 minutes… https://t.co/U8CRRO6dAm SenBillNelson (from Washington, D.C.) Tue Oct 11 18:20:06 +0000 2022
Mission success! ✅ The #DARTMission planetary defense test altered the orbit of a nonhazardous asteroid. This Hub… https://t.co/PgIRsS3ozz NASAHubble (from Goddard Space Flight Center) Tue Oct 11 19:52:30 +0000 2022
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