The spacecraft that NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet out of its natural orbit—the first time humanity has altered the motion of a celestial body, NASA’s chief announced on Tuesday. “This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and a watershed moment for humanity,” NASA chief Bill…
LIVE 2 PM ET: NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
LIVE NOW: NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
LIVE NOW: NASA Spacecraft to Crash Into Asteroid in First Earth Defense Test
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears a planned impact with its target in a highly anticipated test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a cosmic doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social…
NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid in First Earth Defense Test
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears a planned impact with its target in a highly anticipated test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a cosmic doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social…
LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NASA’s Asteroid-Deflecting DART Spacecraft Nears Planned Impact With Its Target
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears a planned impact with its target in a highly anticipated test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a cosmic doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social…
LIVE 3 PM ET: NASA Holds Press Briefing on Planetary Defense Test
NASA holds a briefing ahead of testing its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media:…
NASA Launches Spacecraft to Test Asteroid Defense Concept
This week, NASA launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon…
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