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Studies show how asteroid-bashing DART spacecraft was 'phenomenally successful'

March 02, 2023 12:52 pm

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided on Sept. 26 at about 14,000 miles per hour (22,530 kph) into Dimorphos, an asteroid about 490 feet (150 meters) in diameter, roughly 6.8 million miles (11 million km) from Earth.

Artemis 1 to James Webb Space telescope pics: The biggest moments in space exploration in 2022

December 21, 2022 2:21 pm

From the Artemis 1 mission that cleared the path for humanity's return to the Moon to China's new space station that heralds in a new space race, here are the five moments that defined our collective space exploration ambitions.

NASA’s DART Mission successfully changed the course of an asteroid. What next?

October 16, 2022 4:44 pm

NASA has confirmed that the DART mission was successful in altering the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around the larger asteroid Didymos. Here is what comes next for the mission.

NASA DART mission: Asteroid's path altered in first test of planetary defense system

October 12, 2022 10:05 am

DART's celestial target was an egg-shaped asteroid named Dimorphos, roughly the size of a football stadium.

Asteroid Dimorphos has 10,000 kilometre-long tail of debris after DART crash

October 05, 2022 3:34 pm

After the DART crash, the asteroid Dimorphos has a tail of debris that is over 10,000 kilometres long, as can be seen in this image captured by the SOAR Telescope.

Why NASA has deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

September 28, 2022 1:03 pm

The collision was a technology demonstration, and an experiment to assess the capabilities to do such maneouvers in future should a need arise.

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