DART's Impact with Asteroid Dimorphos (Official NASA Broadcast) - Collision scheduled @7:14 pm EDT

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They expect a delay to confirm due to the distance away but they will know some time tonight.


AND a success -

Link to tweet

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IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssion’s 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

[samnsara]

1. watching now..so cool. the ground crew seem so young

[burrowowl]

2. Yes it is cool!

[Mersky]

3. K&R

[dweller]

4. So, after sundown

We should be able to see the flaming detritus raining down upon us easily
☄️



✌🏻

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Maybe

in a few years...

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I'll go out and take a look - just in case...

[bahboo]

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]

7. Thanks!