1 day agoA NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanitys first test of planetary defense. 23 hours agoNASAs DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test After 10 months flying in space NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test DART the worlds first. Nasa Dart Asteroid Spacecraft Mission To Smash Into Dimorphos Space Rock Launches Nasa Earth Gravity Orbital Period NASA scientists want to find out if it is possible to change an asteroids path through space by ramming something into ita. . 1 day agoThe DART mission is functioning as a proof of concept of asteroid deflection as a planetary defense strategy. On Monday the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft or DART will collide with an asteroid at high speed in a. ET greeted by cheers from the mission. 1 day agoThe DART mission was launched in November 2021. 1 day agoThe DART mission is the first demonstration of what NASA calls...