Asteroid deflection: NASA’s DART Mission to test planetary defense
The first-of-its-kind mission will head to the asteroid Dimorphos in the Didymos system and test kinetic impactors to see if an asteroid’s trajectory can be altered.
NASA's DART Mission heads for an asteroid, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine (illustrative).(photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)ByAARON REICHUpdated:
