NASA DART Mission: Impact Success, Spacecraft Hits Asteroid Dimorphos [WATCH]

The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission earlier saw an impact success on its live streams and the space agency confirmed the collision with the massive Dimorphos asteroid. The entire principle behind the DART Mission is to use a spacecraft the size of a vending machine to collide with a future asteroid that may be potentially hazardous and redirect its trajectory.

NASA DART Mission Impact Success

NASA and the DART Mission were updating the public earlier from its live stream of the agency's take to test its system and try to redirect the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos. The agency claimed that it is an impact success, and the video shows the approaching point of view from the spacecraft's Draco camera towards Dimorphos.

It showed that it is a direct impact, and as the spacecraft moved closer to Dimorphos, it is already confirmed that the mission is a success for its test.

NASA noted that the asteroid Dimorphos is not potentially hazardous to the planet, but it is one massive space rock, the size of a football stadium. NASA's DART is only the size of a vending machine but went up against the giant.

DART's Dimorphos Test

Dimorphos is only a test for NASA's DART Mission, especially as it did not pose any threats to the planet, and not heading towards close proximity to the Earth. Nevertheless, this mission brings a significant take on a preventive measure and helps the planet avoid a disastrous collision with an approaching space rock, whose trajectory is already locked towards home.

NASA DART Mission

The national space agency first conceived the DART idea and mission last year, and it went on its way to crash into the Didymos binary system, a known potentially hazardous spacecraft. While the initial plan was to try and impact the space rock, the main goal of the mission is to redirect its collision course heading toward the planet.

There were many hopes and anticipation for the DART mission then, and the initiative continues now as it aims to do better than last November's focus.

DART features a Kinetic Impactor, and it is a spacecraft that aims to deliver on a feature that will help alter the course of an asteroid and other forms of celestial objects present in the great beyond. There are multiple ways to detect and monitor space rocks, but there is only the DART spacecraft which presents a prevention method in the present.

The world may be focused on their everyday lives, but people over at NASA and the DART team are centering on protecting all citizens of the planet from potential harm from the outside. The DART mission's successful impact with Dimorphos marks another milestone for the team, and its technology will see more missions in the future.

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Written by Isaiah Richard