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How to Watch NASA's DART Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid - Gizmodo

How to Watch NASA's DART Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid - Gizmodo

How to Watch NASA's DART Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid - Gizmodo
Sep 24, 2022 47 secs

The demise of DART is finally upon us, as the NASA spacecraft is on a collision course with the tiny Dimorphos asteroid.

Short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the DART mission is the first test of kinetic impactor technology as a means of deflecting asteroids that could be headed towards Earth.

The DART spacecraft is scheduled to impact its target asteroid on Monday at 7:14 p.m.

ET, and it will feature audio from NASA’s mission control, live commentary, as well as images beamed down by the spacecraft’s onboard high-resolution camera, DRACO (Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation).

Its target is a tiny asteroid known as Dimorphos, a mini-moon that orbits a slightly larger asteroid called Didymos.

Didymos and its tiny companion Dimorphos pose no threat to Earth, and the test won’t cause the system to threaten our planet.

More: NASA’s DART Mission Is Going to Really Mess Up This Tiny Asteroid

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