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Related: About this forumDART's Impact with Asteroid Dimorphos (Official NASA Broadcast) - Collision scheduled @7:14 pm EDT
Last edited Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:36 PM - Edit history (1)
They expect a delay to confirm due to the distance away but they will know some time tonight.
AND a success -
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IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssions DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth.
7:19 PM · Sep 26, 2022
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IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssions DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth.
7:19 PM · Sep 26, 2022
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DART's Impact with Asteroid Dimorphos (Official NASA Broadcast) - Collision scheduled @7:14 pm EDT (Original Post)
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2022
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samnsara
(17,616 posts)1. watching now..so cool. the ground crew seem so young
burrowowl
(17,638 posts)2. Yes it is cool!
Mersky
(4,980 posts)3. K&R
dweller
(23,628 posts)4. So, after sundown
We should be able to see the flaming detritus raining down upon us easily
☄️
✌🏻
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)5. Maybe
in a few years...
Rhiannon12866
(205,202 posts)8. I'll go out and take a look - just in case...
bahboo
(16,337 posts)6. that was beyond cool....go to around 1:14:00 for the climax....
amazing what humans can do when we put our minds to it...
Rhiannon12866
(205,202 posts)7. Thanks!