Mission seeks to test technology to mitigate potential asteroid or comet impacts of Earth
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 27, 2022
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully hit its target Sept. 26, and now scientists are analyzing to what degree the kinetic impact changed the trajectory of Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet of Didymos. The mission is a test to see if hitting a body headed for Earth with a small spacecraft could redirect the threat away from us. Five Planetary Science In
