365K views · 1.8K shares | In 2022, our first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will attempt to change the motion of a small moonlet, Dimorphos, that poses no threat to Earth. This demonstration, led by the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), will test a new asteroid deflection technology: www.nasa.gov/dart | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

Well THAT was impactful! Watch the final moments from the #DARTMission on its collision course with asteroid Dimporphos. Keep up with the post-impact science at nasa.gov/dart. | NASA 360

These are the final images taken by NASA's DART spacecraft before it crashed into Dimorphos, a moon of asteroid Didymos, on 26 September. NASA hopes the impact will divert the rock’s orbit as part of the first ever planetary defence test #DARTmission https://www.newscientist.com/video/2339529-how-nasas-dart-spacecraft-will-divert-asteroids/ | New Scientist