NASA DART Mission: NASA's Mission to Save Earth Successful, History Made

- The Dart mission was executed at 4:44 AM IST on September 27.

New delhi date. 27 September 2022, Tuesday

NASA has so far done many researches in the field of space. And over time NASA has been creating many records. Today once again NASA has made history. NASA's Dart mission has been successful in saving Earth from an asteroid that is considered to be a major disaster. So today is considered a historic day for the entire Earth. The American space agency NASA on Monday created history and successfully conducted an experiment under which any future asteroids that are likely to collide with the Earth can be dealt with. A NASA spacecraft had a precise collision with an asteroid 7 million miles away. Such a collision would knock the asteroid out of its orbit, eliminating the possibility of it colliding with Earth.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided with an asteroid 'Dimorphos' moving in space. This spacecraft was launched from California, USA for this mission 10 months ago.

Lori Glaze, director of NASA's planetary science division, said after the successful test, "We are beginning a new era." An era in which everyone has the ability to protect themselves from anything like a potentially dangerous asteroid impact.

The Dart mission was carried out at 4:44 am IST on September 27. Under this the spacecraft 'DART' collided with another asteroid Dimorphos which was orbiting asteroid Didymos. However, data on the direction Dimorphus went after the spacecraft collided with the asteroid is yet to be revealed.

This is the first time in human history that an asteroid collision test has been conducted in space. It is believed that such a mission would be able to deal with such a threat to Earth in the future. The asteroid that hit the spacecraft Dimorphos was about 169 meters in length. It was orbiting a large asteroid. In such a situation, the spacecraft was supposed to collide with it at a certain time in front of the scientists. Scientists hope that the collision will change both the asteroid's direction and speed.

Spacecraft collided with a speed of 23 thousand km

In a video released by NASA, it can be seen that the oval shape becomes more and more visible as the spacecraft approaches it. The spacecraft then collides with its surface. The speed of the spacecraft during the collision was 23500 km per hour.

Minutes after the collision, a satellite called LICIACube that had separated from DART a few weeks earlier. The picture after the collision has been taken. This will make the situation more clear in the coming days. Images captured by LICIACube will be revealed in the next few weeks.