Tag: Double Asteroid Redirection Test

DART: A Win For Earth Defense

Posted by David Raiklen | Oct 14, 2022 | Blinded by Science |

DART on target: for the first time humans have changed the orbit of a celestial body using a kinetic energy transfer.

NASA Crashes DART Spacecraft into Asteroid Dimorphus in Deflection Experiment

Posted by David Raiklen | Sep 29, 2022 | Science Fiction / Fantasy |

NASA successfully rammed the DART spacecraft directly into an asteroid this Monday, in a major first for planetary defense strategy (a move predicted in sci-fi movies like Meteor or Don’t Look Up). Yes, it was supposed to crash as hard as possible.

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