Nancy Atkinson - This is the Last Thing DART saw as it Smashed Into its Asteroid Target:

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The first-ever planetary defense technology demonstration mission successfully conducted its mission, slamming into the surface of a distant asteroid and going out in a blaze of glory. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft acted as a kinetic impactor, colliding with the small and harmless asteroid Dimorphos on September 26 at 7:14PM ET, with the … Continue reading "This is the Last Thing DART saw as it Smashed Into its Asteroid Target"

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