Astronomers have captured the shadow of the space rock Didymos, target of NASA s asteroid-smashing DART mission, as it passed in front of distant stars.
It's the size of a fridge, launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and currently hurtling towards a 160-metre-wide asteroid. In a few short day, the DART spacecraft will crash into Dimorphos.
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A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch this week. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 1:20 a.m. EST on November 24 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.