NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft: Now what?
NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft: Now what?
(NEXSTAR) — NASA made history last week by successfully striking an asteroid with an autonomous spacecraft as the world’s first planetary defense mission. While it was an exciting moment, it won’t be the last part of the mission.
The goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, was to prove that NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) can change the path of an asteroid using…