These are the photos of NASA crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid

Sep 30, 2022

Photos of the collision were taken by the crew aboard the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. Image: Unsplash/Bryan Goff

David Barnhart

Professor of Astronautics, University of Southern California

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This image of the moonlet Dimorphos was taken 11 seconds before the DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid. Image: The Conversation.

This photo shows the textured and rock-strewn surface of Dimorphos and was taken two seconds before DART crashed into the surface. Image: The Conversation.

The final image from DART, taken one second before impact, was not able to fully transmit back to Earth. Image: The Conversation.

The force from DART’s impact should slightly shift the orbit of Dimorphos around Didymos. Image: The Conversation.

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