NASA Set to Crash Its DART

JankariGyan Created By Sweti 26 Sept 2022

NASA Expects to crash its dart Probe into the surface of an Asteroid on Monday

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Dart (Double redirection of asteroid Test) dart isn't built to last for the next ten years of solar system research.

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The spacecraft was launched in the fall of 2021. And within the next week, it'll have been removed from the sky.

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DART is NASA's trial version of a defense system for planets that is designed to pull asteroids off Earth -- smashing spacecrafts into them.

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Dart's mission's aim is straightforward: NASA wants to understand whether we could crash into an asteroid and prevent the possibility of killing humans.

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Technical Information About DART spacecraft

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Cost: $308 million. Weight: 1,345 lbs (610 kg) at launch Dimensions of the box: 3.9 by 4.3 by 4.3 feet Dimensions of solar array: 27.9 feet each Extra instruments: DRACO camera and one CubeSat. Engine Ion Propulsion Technology/Xenon thrusters.

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$193,000 flying car requires only a driver’s license

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