{"id":372672,"date":"2021-11-24T18:20:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-launches-armageddon-spacecraft-to-crash-into-asteroid\/"},"modified":"2021-11-24T18:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:20:38","slug":"nasa-launches-armageddon-spacecraft-to-crash-into-asteroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-launches-armageddon-spacecraft-to-crash-into-asteroid\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA launches &#8216;Armageddon&#8217; spacecraft to crash into asteroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NASA launches &#8216;Armageddon&#8217; spacecraft to crash into asteroid<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA has launched the world\u2019s first \u201cfull-scale mission\u201d to test asteroid-deflecting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in hopes of protecting Earth from potential \u201cArmageddon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The space agency <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth\">said in a statement<\/a> the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) lifted off late Tuesday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vanderberg Space Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the $330 million project is to slam into a 530-foot asteroid, Dimorphos, at about 15,000 mph in late September 2022 to test a potential method of defense against potentially catastrophic asteroid or comet hazards.<\/p>\n<p>The project is \u201csomething of a replay of Bruce Willis\u2019 movie, \u2018Armageddon,\u2019 although that was totally fictional,\u201d NASA\u2019s administrator, Bill Nelson, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/23\/science\/nasa-dart-launch-asteroid.html\">told the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1998 Michael Bay film, Willis and Ben Affleck starred as oil drillers on a space mission to destroy a giant asteroid on a collision course with the earth.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists estimate DART\u2019s impact into Dimorphos \u2014 which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos \u2014 will shorten its path around the bigger space rock by several minutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"873\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=873\" alt=\"Rocket on launch pad.\" class=\"wp-image-20255959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1746 1746w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1309 1309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=873 873w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=436 436w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\"\/><figcaption>NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cResearchers will precisely measure that change using telescopes on Earth,\u201d NASA\u2019s statement continued. \u201cTheir 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>Nelson said NASA was turning <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction into \u201cscience fact\u201d with the historic launch.<\/p>\n<p>While there isn\u2019t a currently known asteroid on an impact course toward Earth, NASA hopes to identify any possible impact years or decades in advance, according to Lindley Johnson, the agency\u2019s planetary defense officer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_13.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rocket launching.\" class=\"wp-image-20255964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_13.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_13.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_13.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The mission is to slam into a 530-foot asteroid, Dimorphos, at about 15,000 mph to test a potential method of defense against asteroid hazards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDART is one aspect of NASA\u2019s work to prepare Earth should we ever be faced with an asteroid hazard,\u201d Lindley said.<\/p>\n<p>NASA is also prepping its Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission, a space-based infrared telescope set for launch later this decade to identify potentially hazardous asteroids and comets within 30 million miles of Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsteroid Dimorphos: we\u2019re coming for you,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1463392778398973953\">NASA tweeted<\/a>, complete with a 30-second clip of liftoff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=743\" alt=\"The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches.\" class=\"wp-image-20256051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1486 1486w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1114 1114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=743 743w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=371 371w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\"\/><figcaption>DART is expected to reach the asteroid in late September 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are no known asteroid hazards to Earth for at least 100 years, but NASA is testing the \u201ckinetic impactor technique\u201d in case such a need arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can rest easy,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1463403910123724803\">the agency tweeted<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to hit a small moonlet the size of a football stadium with a spacecraft the size of a vending machine. We hope to change its orbit a tiny bit, but it will stay in orbit around its parent asteroid, which is not a hazard to Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DART should reach Dimorphos sometime between Sept. 26 and Oct. 1, 2022, while about 6.8 million milles from Earth, NASA said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The DART spacecraft seen from afar.\" class=\"wp-image-20255980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/asteroid-defense-concept_15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NASA assures there are no known asteroid hazards to Earth for at least 100 years.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mark J. Terrill\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some 55 minutes after liftoff, the spacecraft separated itself from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to start orienting itself toward the sun, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1463392778398973953\">video shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t going to destroy the asteroid,\u201d said mission official Nancy Chabot of Johns Hopkins <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lied Physics Laboratory, which is overseeing DART. \u201cIt\u2019s just going to give it a small nudge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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