Can we change the motion of an asteroid? NASA’s-Dart on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the first asteroid diversion mission, has been launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
What would happen if a catastrophic asteroid threatened the Earth in the future? The salvation of our planet lies in special made spacecrafts with the ability to crash these “dangerous” celestial bodies.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 23, 2021, carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Mission spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:21 p.m. PST. Photo credit: NASA
Watch NASA’s DART mission launch (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) official broadcast/stream
Can we change the motion of an asteroid? Our #DARTMission is set to be the first to try! The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is a spacecraft designed to impact an asteroid as a test of technology to see if it can change the motion of an asteroid in space. The goal of the mission is to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be discovered in the future. DART’s target is the binary near-Earth asteroid Didymos and its moonlet, which pose no threat to Earth.
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