About mission DARTThe mission is known as DART or Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The aim was to see if a large asteroid moving towards the direction of Earth could be diverted or not. The live-streamed video displayed the rubble-strewn surface of the asteroid looming into focus before NASA’s spacecraft hit it. Watch this YouTube video:Scientist’s reactionsWhen Dart’s impact with Dimorphos was confirmed, teams of scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Nasa hugged each other. He was equally excited about this ‘game-changing’ achievement as claimed by the director of the Johns Hopkins applied physics laboratory, Ralph Semmel.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2022 18:58 UTC