NASA's DART Spacecraft Hit by Asteroid 12

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spacecraft under the DART (ing.: Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission has crashed into an asteroid in a pre-planned manner. DART, a small asteroid 160 meters in diameter and poses any threat to the earth, has been announced in a statement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). successfully collided with Dimorphos, which did not form. The box-shaped spacecraft weighing 570 kg at a speed of about 22,530 km per hour As a result of the collision it carried out, the orbital speed of the asteroid slowed down.

Collision Moment

DART Project and Purpose

NASA, which is looking for a way to eliminate threats such as asteroids or comets from space, sees DART's project as an important step towards that goal. The success of the project will give humanity an important trump card in the way that the orbits of large asteroids and comets that are likely to hit the earth can be changed and removed from being a threat.