This is how the world ends
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:27 am
On September 26th, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test will be crashing into the moon of Asteroid Didymous. If all goes well, the spacecraft will strike the asteroid with so much force that it changes its orbit a tiny bit, enough that astronomers can calculate the change in its orbital trajectory. They'll use this experiment to learn more about what it might take to protect Earth if a dangerous asteroid is discovered that could strike the Earth.
Ground and space-based observatories will be watching the impact, and DART has released a tiny Cubesat that'll observe the event and send the data home to Earth. Of course, NASA will broadcast the event live, so make sure you tune in and watch the drama unfold as we see the spacecraft's final sequence of images leading up to the impact.
Nothing can possibly go wrong.
Ground and space-based observatories will be watching the impact, and DART has released a tiny Cubesat that'll observe the event and send the data home to Earth. Of course, NASA will broadcast the event live, so make sure you tune in and watch the drama unfold as we see the spacecraft's final sequence of images leading up to the impact.
Nothing can possibly go wrong.