Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Lab's DART Team Recollect Asteroid Impact As NASA Confirms Mission Altered The Asteroid's Orbit
October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022
LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release:
It was a scene right out of the movies.
NASA's DART spacecraft successfully impacted its asteroid target in the world's first planetary defense technology demonstration at 4:14 p.m. (PDT) on Sept. 26. Two weeks after impact, NASA has confirmed the mission changed the asteroid's motion in space.
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It was a scene right out of the movies.
NASA's DART spacecraft successfully impacted its asteroid target in the world's first planetary defense technology demonstration at 4:14 p.m. (PDT) on Sept. 26. Two weeks after impact, NASA has confirmed the mission changed the asteroid's motion in space.
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