NASA launched the DART mission spacecraft last month to test for steriod collisions. Sharing the first photos from the DART mission, NASA made a statement on the subject.
NASA, which has been working on asteroid collisions for a while, launched the DART mission with the Falcon 9 rocket. Explaining that the purpose of the mission is to neutralize future asteroid dangers, the authorities will experiment with the artificial satellite Dimorphos asteroid set.
Here are the first photos from NASA’s DART mission
Worried that a large asteroid will hit our planet in the future, scientists started a study to discover asteroids around the Earth at the congress held in the USA in 2005. Stating that about 40 percent of asteroids larger than 140 meters have been detected, the officials underlined that they continue their studies.
Officials who made a statement on the subject said, “On Tuesday, December 7, we opened the cover of the vehicle so that the DRACO telescopic camera on our spacecraft could take images. Taken from about 2 million miles (11 light-seconds) from Earth, the image consists of a dozen crystal-clear and sharp stars against the black backdrop of space near the constellations Perseus, Aries, and Taurus. ” he said.
DRACO (Asteroid Camera for Didymos Reconnaissance and Optical navigation), the only camera on board the DART ship, has high resolution. Primarily used for navigation and targeting, DRACO will observe the shape and size of the asteroid Didymos.
DART is currently traveling through the solar system as scheduled to collide with the asteroid Didymos on September 26, 2022. During the Didymos collision, DRACO will send images to the NASA epicenter, taking pictures until the last moment.
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