NASA nudges asteroid off course in landmark planetary-defense test
TL;DR
NASA's DART mission intentionally collided its spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorphos to test whether altering its trajectory could defend Earth from future impacts, marking the first demonstration of planetary defense in action.
- NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid to push it off course in landmark defense test The Independent
- NASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun CNN
- NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun Space
- NASA successfully kicks asteroid off course in Earth defence test France 24
- Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun The New York Times
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