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NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space

This just in: The #DARTmission impact is confirmed to have changed the orbit of moonlet Dimorphos around its asteroid Didymos. For the first time ever, humans changed the motion of a celestial object. More details: https://t.co/aQj8N7fnuV https://t.co/NLR6AqEcaO

Mission success! ✅ The #DARTMission planetary defense test altered the orbit of a nonhazardous asteroid. This Hubble image shows the asteroid several days after a spacecraft intentionally crashed into it, with debris blasted from its surface in a tail: https://t.co/ni1RVMpIEc https://t.co/qTqnInBrTU

Fellow Earthlings, this just in: @NASA guided DART into asteroid Dimorphos, at 14,000 mph, changing the orbit many minutes more than expected. We're celebrating here at @exploreplanets because a mission like this could save the world. https://t.co/snsduOEQ6g

The results are in. @NASA crashed the #DARTMission into asteroid #Dimorphos. They altered its orbit by 4%. Orig. orbit around central 🪨: 11hr 55mins Models expected: a few-10 mins difference Post impact: 11hr 23mins. A 32 min orbital change! 👈@NOIRLabAstro 👉@HUBBLE_space https://t.co/LKkppAlpWb https://t.co/pItBH60GBN

The Exp 68 crew focused on @ISS_Research and lab maintenance today as four astronauts prepare to return to Earth. https://t.co/A1GBPlxJ59

Tale as old as time True as it can be In memory of Angela Lansbury, we offer this cosmic rose plucked by our Spitzer Space Telescope. https://t.co/V1N0QynRDJ https://t.co/zPduniVBsl

1 million-mile-long plasma plume shoots out of the sun in stunning photo https://t.co/k3ZLkSHEvN https://t.co/oyHOQeewMs

Our kid got a cool shot of the moon and Jupiter. unbeknownst to us until later he actually captured one of Jupiter's moons in transit in front of Jupiter.

One small step for women, one giant leap for womankind! 👩‍🚀 38 years ago today, NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan made history as the first American woman to ever complete a spacewalk, pictured here on the right in the aft cargo bay of Space Shuttle Challenger. https://t.co/F05FZqcSDH

We remember actress and singer Angela Lansbury, who won five Tony Awards and six Golden Globes in her long career in TV, movies, and on the stage. She used this typewriter while playing Jessica Fletcher on the show "Murder She Wrote" and later donated it to our @amhistorymuseum. https://t.co/X5BTk2T1pu

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully changed the orbit of its target, Dimorphos, around the asteroid Didymos

The four station astronauts that comprise the @SpaceX #Crew4 mission are returning home soon and contributed to @ISS_Research benefitting humans on and off the Earth. https://t.co/nLNScopVyQ

The largest-ever map of 56,000 galaxies, created by the University of Hawaii

Live Now: #DARTMission experts discuss early results from the spacecraft’s planned impact with asteroid Dimorphos — the world’s first #PlanetaryDefense test: Remember: DART is a test and there are no known asteroid threats to Earth. https://t.co/1xdgJEaghU