NASA launched world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into Asteroid

NASA launched world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into Asteroid

Question: Which of the following space agency has launched world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into Asteroid?
(a) ISRO
(b) JAXA
(c) NASA
(d) ESA
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • NASA has launched world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into Asteroid.
  • DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
  • The $325 million DART mission, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
  • The spacecraft rode into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

Reference: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-launch-first-ever-mission-test-asteroid-deflection-rcna5698