DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) - United States

NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun

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NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun

March 7, 2026

New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos…

The image shows two side-by-side black and white photographs set against a completely black background. Left photograph: A bright, irregularly shaped object with a textured, uneven surface appears as a light gray to white form against the black background. Right photograph: A similar bright object is visible, but with a very bright white area on the bottom left. Extending from this bright area are several radial streaks or lines that stretch outward into the black background. Both images have similar framing, with the bright objects positioned in the upper portion of each frame and some streaking patterns visible in the lower portions of both images.

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Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense

August 21, 2025

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into…