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On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft struck Dimorphos, a moonlet orbiting the asteroid Didymos, and shortened its orbit by about 33.0 minutes.
11 million kilometres from Earth
Who
NASA, Cristina Thomas, Andrew Cheng, European Space Agency (ESA)
What
On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft struck Dimorphos, a moonlet orbiting the asteroid Didymos, and shortened its orbit by about 33.0 minutes.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:31:17 GMT · 1h 51m ago
Where
11 million kilometres from Earth ·
Why
It was the first time anyone had deliberately changed the orbit of an asteroid system in a planetary-defence test.
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This successful test demonstrates a viable method for planetary defense against potential asteroid impacts, with the European Space Agency's Hera mission scheduled to further refine the understanding of this technique by late 2026.
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