Successful First Human Asteroid Impact Experiment... "Historic Moment" (Breaking News)

DART spacecraft intentionally collides with Dimorphos asteroid around 7:15 PM on the 26th
Experiment to defend Earth against threatening asteroids

Dimorphos asteroid photographed by the DART spacecraft launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) just before impact. Photo by NASA website capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on the afternoon of the 26th (U.S. Eastern Time) that the world's first asteroid collision experiment was successful.

According to the live broadcast online by NASA that day, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, launched by NASA in November last year, deliberately collided with Dimorphos, the moon of the asteroid Didymos, which was passing near Jupiter, at around 7:15 p.m.

This experiment was conducted to study whether it is possible to alter the orbit of an asteroid that could pose a threat to Earth by delivering an impact to make it pass by. NASA used the high-performance camera DRACO installed on the DART spacecraft to take one photo per second until just before the collision and broadcast it live.

This is the first time in history that humanity has deliberately collided with another celestial body to attempt to change its trajectory.

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