The DART spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. The collision between the DART spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorphos happened at 7:14 p.m. Nasa has hired Elon Musks company SpaceX to launch Dart aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 10.20pm Pacific time on Tuesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast, about 240 km (150 miles. The space agencys Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. This mission is called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. A NASA spacecraft deliberately crashed into a tiny asteroid on Monday. If time allows, the best tactic could be to nudge the menacing asteroid out of our way, like Dart. NASA scientists are gearing up for the worlds first mission testing planetary defense and they want you to watch this evening. Not by blowing up an asteroid as Willis’ character did - that would be a last, last-minute resort - or by begging government leaders to take action as DiCaprio’s character did in vain. “These threats are real, and what makes this time special, is we can do something about it,” Zurbuchen said. ![]() Fewer than half of the 460-foot (140-meter) objects have been confirmed, with millions of smaller but still-dangerous objects zooming around. What’s worrisome, though, are the unknown threats. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly. Dr Rebecca Allen says its wonderful to witness the progress in astronomy, as NASA. Otherwise, “it would be like the movies, right?” said NASA’s science mission chief Thomas Zurbuchen. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). VIDEO: Incredible progress as NASAs spacecraft crashes asteroid. ![]() The good news is that the coast seems clear for the next century, with no known threats. NASA’s planetary defense officer, Lindley Johnson, figures he’s seen them all since 1979′s “Meteor,” his personal favorite “since Sean Connery played me.” While some of the sci-fi films are more accurate than others, he noted, entertainment always wins out. Hollywood has churned out dozens of killer-space-rock movies over the decades, including 1998′s “Armageddon” which brought Bruce Willis to Cape Canaveral for filming, and last year's “Don’t Look Up” with Leonardo DiCaprio leading an all-star cast. DART is the latest of several NASA missions of recent years to explore and interact with asteroids, primordial rocky remnants from the solar systems formation 4.6 billion years ago.
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