Just in case you missed yesterday's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact, here is a sped-up version of the last five-and-a-half minutes of images from the spacecraft before it went boom. DART is a mission designed to test the kinetic impactor method of deflecting asteroids. Basically, we want to know if we can move asteroids on course for Earth by hitting them really, really hard. Yesterday's target was the asteroid moon Dimorphos. It orbits a larger asteroid named Didymos, which is vi

365K views · 1.8K shares | In 2022, our first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will attempt to change the motion of a small moonlet, Dimorphos, that poses no threat to Earth. This demonstration, led by the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), will test a new asteroid deflection technology: www.nasa.gov/dart | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

12K views · 46 reactions | NASA scientists discuss the launch of the agency’s first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), and how it plans to run the mission. | CNET | Facebook