{"id":126682,"date":"2021-11-26T08:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T08:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=126682"},"modified":"2021-11-26T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T08:01:23","slug":"nasa-launched-its-double-asteroid-redirection-test-dart-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nasa-launched-its-double-asteroid-redirection-test-dart-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission recently. Which of the following asteroid will it impact in near future?<br><\/strong>a) Bennu<br>b) Dimorphos<br>c) Pallas<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 24 November 2021 NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.<\/li><li>It is the world\u2019s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards.<\/li><li>The launch of mission spacecraft had taken place on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.<\/li><li>DART in its present journey will impact a known asteroid Dimorphos, that is not a threat to Earth.<\/li><li>Dimorphos is actually moonlet of another big asteroid Didymos.<\/li><li>Its goal is to slightly change the asteroid\u2019s motion in a way that can be accurately measured using ground-based telescopes.<\/li><li>DART will show that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it.<\/li><li>This kind of collision by the spacecraft upon any moving space object is a method of deflection called kinetic impact.<\/li><li>The test will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose real impact hazard to Earth.<\/li><li>Prior to DART\u2019s impact to capture images of the impact a satellite LICIACube, a CubeSat riding with DART will detach itself from the spacecraft.<\/li><li>CubeSat has been provided by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), to capture images of the impact and the resulting cloud of ejected matter.<\/li><li>In further span of four years, after DART\u2019s impact, European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA\u2019s) Hera project will conduct detailed surveys of both asteroids<\/li><li>Hera project survey will particularly focus on the crater left by DART\u2019s collision and a precise determination of Dimorphos\u2019 mass.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-dart-first-test-mission-to-defend-planet-earth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission recently. Which of the following asteroid will it impact in near future?a) Bennub) Dimorphosc) Pallasd) None of theseAnswer: (b)Related Facts:- On 24 November 2021 NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. 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