NASA 1, Asteroid 0.
“History has been made,”
boasted after its vending machine-sized DART spacecraft successfully targeted and smashed into an asteroid in a “direct hit” during the first part of its “planetary defense test.” Nerves were high in the control room as the spacecraft collided with the asteroid,, 6.8 million miles from Earth. Yet as confirmation arrived shortly after the 7:14 p.m. ET collision at 15,000 mph and the words “we have impact” rang out, scientists erupted into applause.
administrator Bill Nelson credited “years of hard work” after the successful impact, claiming, “I believe it’s going to teach us how to protect our planet one day… we are showing that planetary defense is a global endeavor and it is very possible to save our planet.
’s mission was initially successful, the process of moving the asteroid is ongoing. Over the next days and weeks, scientists will monitor and track its orbit, and study the impact. “The impact was just the beginning,” said Nancy Chabot, planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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