Unmanned NASA spacecraft launched towards Dimorphos

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 11-26-2021, 06:30 AM

On Wednesday, 24 November 2021, NASA launched unmanned spacecraft Dart from the Vandenberg Spaceport in California, United States of America.

In September 2022, it is planned to crash into Dimorphos, a natural satellite of minor planet Didymos. This will learn us more about preventing a sizeable space rock or object from hitting Earth.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59327293

In the 1998 movie Armageddon, a nuclear bomb is used to prevent such a rock from colliding with Earth. In reality, we hopefully don't need to do that.

11-26-2021, 06:30 AM	#1
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	Unmanned NASA spacecraft launched towards Dimorphos On Wednesday, 24 November 2021, NASA launched unmanned spacecraft Dart from the Vandenberg Spaceport in California, United States of America. In September 2022, it is planned to crash into Dimorphos, a natural satellite of minor planet Didymos. This will learn us more about preventing a sizeable space rock or object from hitting Earth. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59327293 In the 1998 movie Armageddon, a nuclear bomb is used to prevent such a rock from colliding with Earth. In reality, we hopefully don't need to do that. Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 11-28-2021 at 08:05 AM.