'NASA' begins mission to test how to protect the planet Spacecraft crashes change trajectory 'Asteroid'

'NASA' begins mission to test how to protect the planet Spacecraft crashes change trajectory 'Asteroid'

NASA launched a spacecraftดาวน์โหลด SLOTXOfrom California on Tuesday night (Nov. 23) to begin its mission of hitting an asteroid to change its trajectory. It was the first test of mankind. To prevent a giant space rock from hitting Earth in the future.

Although it looks like science fiction, the "dart" mission (two asteroid redirection tests) is the real test. Whether this idea was possible or not, the "Dart" spacecraft mounted on SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket was launched into the skies at 10:21 p.m. Tuesday (23) Pacific Time (1:21 p.m. ET Wednesday). ) from the US Vandenberg Space Base. which is far from the city of Los Angeles California, about 240 kilometers

Objectives of this mission are: Dimorphos change the trajectory of the moon Dimorphos with a diameter of about 160 meters and orbit the asteroid Didymos with a diameter of 762 meters. The different ditimos orbit the Sun.

The crash will occur in late September - early October next year. when this binary star system It is 11 million kilometers from Earth, which is the closest point to Earth's orbit.

Commenting on the $330 million project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) chief researcher Thomas Suberken said: What NASA is trying to learn is how to deal with the potential threats.

Although they are not a real threat to the world. But it is very small compared to the asteroid Chicxulub that hit Earth 66 million years ago and is believed to be the main cause of the extinction of dinosaurs. But it is still classified as a near-Earth object (NEO) that approaches Earth within 48 million kilometers.