{"id":1054242,"date":"2021-11-25T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054242"},"modified":"2021-11-25T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:14:18","slug":"nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth-from-asteroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth-from-asteroids\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA &#038; SpaceX Launch DART: \u2018First Test Mission To Defend Planet Earth\u2019 From Asteroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth-from-asteroids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Wednesday, NASA\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p>This is the world\u2019s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against \u201cpotential asteroid or comet hazards.\u201d DART was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust one part of NASA\u2019s larger planetary defense strategy, DART \u2014 built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland \u2014 will impact a known asteroid that is not a threat to Earth,\u201d announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth\">NASA<\/a> in a statement. \u201cIts goal is to slightly change the asteroid\u2019s motion in a way that can be accurately measured using ground-based telescopes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NASA explained that \u201cDART will show that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it,\u201d demonstrating a \u201cmethod of deflection called kinetic impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe test will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered,\u201d NASA added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDART is turning science fiction into science fact and is a testament to NASA\u2019s proactivity and innovation for the benefit of all,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cIn addition to all the ways NASA studies our universe and our home planet, we\u2019re also working to protect that home, and this test will help prove out one viable way to protect our planet from a hazardous asteroid should one ever be discovered that is headed toward Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, DART is a mission of preparedness, and it is also a mission of unity,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cThis international collaboration involves DART, ASI\u2019s LICIACube, and ESA\u2019s Hera investigations and science teams, which will follow up on this groundbreaking space mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DART is carrying out a one-way trip to the Didymos asteroid system, which consists of two asteroids. DART will be targeting the moonlet, Dimorphos, which is approximately 530 feet in diameter. The moonlet orbits Didymos, which is approximately 2,560 feet in diameter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Dimorphos orbits Didymos at much a slower relative speed than the pair orbits the Sun, the result of DART\u2019s kinetic impact within the binary system can be measured much more easily than a change in the orbit of a single asteroid around the Sun,\u201d explained NASA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not yet found any significant asteroid impact threat to Earth, but we continue to search for that sizable population we know is still to be found. Our goal is to find any possible impact, years to decades in advance, so it can be deflected with a capability like DART that is possible with the technology we currently have,\u201d said Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at NASA Headquarters. \u201cDART is one aspect of NASA\u2019s work to prepare Earth should we ever be faced with an asteroid hazard. In tandem with this test, we are preparing the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission, an space-based infrared telescope scheduled for launch later this decade and designed to expedite our ability to discover and characterize the potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that come within 30 million miles of Earth\u2019s orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft is scheduled to intercept the Didymos system between September 26 and October 1, 2022. It will intentionally slam into Dimorphos at approximately 4 miles per second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScientists estimate the kinetic impact will shorten Dimorphos\u2019 orbit around Didymos by several minutes,\u201d NASA noted. \u201cResearchers will precisely measure that change using telescopes on Earth. Their results will validate and improve scientific computer models critical to predicting the effectiveness of the kinetic impact as a reliable method for asteroid deflection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, NASA\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.This is the world\u2019s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against \u201cpotential asteroid or comet hazards.\u201d DART was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.\u201cJust one part of NASA\u2019s larger planetary defense strategy, DART \u2014 built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland \u2014 will impact a known asteroid that is not a threat to Earth,\u201d announced NASA in a statement. \u201cIts goal is to slightly change the asteroid\u2019s motion in a way that can be accurately measured using ground-based telescopes.\u201dNASA explained that \u201cDART will show that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it,\u201d demonstrating a \u201cmethod of deflection called kinetic impact.\u201d\u201cThe test will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered,\u201d NASA added.\u201cDART is turning science fiction into science fact and is a testament to NASA\u2019s proactivity and innovation for the benefit of all,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cIn addition to all the ways NASA studies our universe and our home planet, we\u2019re also working to protect that home, and this test will help prove out one viable way to protect our planet from a hazardous asteroid should one ever be discovered that is headed toward Earth.\u201d\u201cAt its core, DART is a mission of preparedness, and it is also a mission of unity,\u201d said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cThis international collaboration involves DART, ASI\u2019s LICIACube, and ESA\u2019s Hera investigations and science teams, which will follow up on this groundbreaking space mission.\u201dDART is carrying out a one-way trip to the Didymos asteroid system, which consists of two asteroids. DART will be targeting the moonlet, Dimorphos, which is approximately 530 feet in diameter. The moonlet orbits Didymos, which is approximately 2,560 feet in diameter.\u201cSince Dimorphos orbits Didymos at much a slower relative speed than the pair orbits the Sun, the result of DART\u2019s kinetic impact within the binary system can be measured much more easily than a change in the orbit of a single asteroid around the Sun,\u201d explained NASA.\u201cWe have not yet found any significant asteroid impact threat to Earth, but we continue to search for that sizable population we know is still to be found. Our goal is to find any possible impact, years to decades in advance, so it can be deflected with a capability like DART that is possible with the technology we currently have,\u201d said Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at NASA Headquarters. \u201cDART is one aspect of NASA\u2019s work to prepare Earth should we ever be faced with an asteroid hazard. In tandem with this test, we are preparing the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission, an space-based infrared telescope scheduled for launch later this decade and designed to expedite our ability to discover and characterize the potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that come within 30 million miles of Earth\u2019s orbit.\u201dThe spacecraft is scheduled to intercept the Didymos system between September 26 and October 1, 2022. It will intentionally slam into Dimorphos at approximately 4 miles per second.\u201cScientists estimate the kinetic impact will shorten Dimorphos\u2019 orbit around Didymos by several minutes,\u201d NASA noted. \u201cResearchers will precisely measure that change using telescopes on Earth. Their results will validate and improve scientific computer models critical to predicting the effectiveness of the kinetic impact as a reliable method for asteroid deflection.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}