The world's first planetary defense test mission was a success, NASA said
Space agency says its fast-moving spacecraft shifted the orbit of a distant asteroid after colliding with it
NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally collided with an asteroid on Sept. 26 in an attempt to alter the space rock’s trajectory. The mission tested technology that could help defend Earth against potential future asteroid threats. Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryThe first mission to test a technology that one day might protect Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact achieved its goal on Sept.
and changed the trajectory of a distant space rock, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday.between its uncrewed spacecraft and the 525-foot-wide asteroid, called Dimorphos, successfully shifted the asteroid’s orbit around a larger asteroid called Didymos.
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