NASA Begins Asteroid Impact Avoidance Tests

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASAThe asteroid defense system carried out in cooperation with ‘Double Asteroid Deflection System’ Research and observation studies continue within the scope of the (DART) project. DARTS; It aims to protect the Earth from possible asteroid impacts that pass near and pose a danger.

As part of the DART mission, NASA announced in its latest statement that an asteroid cruising close to the earth’s orbit a planned controlled collision announced that a new spacecraft will be launched in order to realize With this launch, the defense system against celestial objects is DART. first time will have been tested.

DART will be a first in planetary defense

The first launch in the DART project, which NASA states that the asteroid in question was launched in 2003, when it passed 6 million kilometers away from the Earth; On November 23, the owner Elon Muskwhich has SpaceX company’s Falcon 9 will take place by rocket. Located in Rocket, California Vandenberg Space Force Basewill be sent into space. With the project, which will be a first in planetary defense, the DART space shuttle will be launched in 2022. 11 million kilometers who will pass by Didymos center of asteroid duo Didymos A orbiting the asteroid Didymos Borbiting the asteroid 1 percentIt aims to create a change.

served as a DART program scientist at NASA. Tom Statler, in a statement on the subject “Astronomers will be able to compare observations from earth-based telescopes before and after the collision to determine how much the asteroid’s orbit has changed. This will be a key measurement that will tell us how the asteroid is responding to our deflection effort.” used the phrases.

How are asteroids rated as ‘dangerous’?

NASA’s Earth 5 million kilometers distance and at least 140 meters in diameter all the meteors ‘dangerous’ classifies as.

working on NASA’s defense mission Lindley Johnson if before National Geographicin a statement to . 2 thousand 78 stating that it is an asteroid “There are hundreds of thousands of asteroids in space, we’re trying to identify what we need to follow more closely.” had spoken.