LIVE: NASA spacecraft closes in on asteroid for head-on collision
In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft crashes into an asteroid on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. – A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
“Now is when the science starts,” said NASA’s Lori Glaze, planetary science division director. “Now we’re going to see for real how efffective we were.”“What an amazing thing. We've never had that capability before," Glaze noted. Dart’s on-board camera, a key part of this smart navigation system, caught sight of Dimorphos barely an hour before impact.
A mini satellite followed a few minutes behind to take photos of the impact. The Italian Cubesat was released from Dart two weeks ago.
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