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Countdown to impact as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) attempts humanity’s first-ever test of planetary defense! The DART spacecraft will intentionally crash into asteroid Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. ET on Monday, September 26, 2022 to see if kinetic force can change its orbit. Why? If this test is successful, the same technique could be used to deflect an Earth-threatening asteroid in the future, should one ever be discovered. The #DARTMission's target asteroid is NOT a threat to Earth before, during or after the impact event.

NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART Mission is set to collide with asteroid Dimorphos on September 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT (11:14 UTC). Track NASA's DART Mission in Real Time. NASA will intentionally crash the DART spacecraft into an asteroid to see if that is an effective way to change its course, in case of future Earth-threatening asteroid. DART is NASA's first mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection by a kinetic impactor. 👕 Check out our T-Shirts & Hoodies Store!

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DART spacecraft is designed to crash into an asteroid while traveling at a speed of roughly 15,000 miles per hour (24,000 kilometers per hour). DART will impact Dimorphos asteroid on September 26, 2022 - to change its orbit within the Didymos binary asteroid system. SpaceX launched NASA's DART Planetary Defense Mission on Tuesday, November 23 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. #dartmission #nasalive #asteroid #dart

NASA's First Planetary Defense Test Mission