NASA’s DART Mission Successfully Redirects Asteroid, Demonstrates Ability to Protect Earth
NASA’s daring planetary defence mission, Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), was a smashing success. The spacecraft smashed into an asteroid, altering its trajectory through space. Scientists have released their analysis of the mission and its aftermath, and the results are remarkable. The DART spacecraft targeted a harmless asteroid, the Dimorphos, 6.8 million miles from Earth. […]
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