DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

      DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST      

CONTEXT:-

SPACEX to launch NASA'S ASTEROID smashing mission.

DETAILS:-

# The mission will blast off the June 2021 and will smach onto the Asteroid's moon🌒 around October 2022

# The Double asteroid redirection test or DART, is a Spacecraft designed to determine whether an Asteroid can be redirected with a high-speed collision.

ABOUT THE DART :-

# DART would be NASA'S first mission to demonstrate the kinetic impactor technique.

# A Spacecraft will strike the Asteroid to shift it's orbit

# It would be helpful to defend against a potential future asteroid impact.