Behind the Spacecraft: NASA's DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA's DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test

NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid… on purpose!

Our #DARTmission is a first-of-its-kind #PlanetaryDefense test to change the motion of an asteroid in space so that we could use this technique if an asteroid were ever discovered to be a threat to Earth.

Follow DART: www.nasa.gov/DART