NASA's DART will impact asteroid Dimorphos on 09/26 in first-ever test of planetary defense

[davepoobond]

We should push earth away from the sun to make it cooler from climate change

 

[Tobor]

11 minutes to impact!

 

[Witness]

Holy hell, 470 million miles in 10 months!? 🤯

 

[Volimar]

Holy hell, 470 million miles in 10 months!? 🤯

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And no bathroom breaks!

 

[TyrantII]

At 4 min, the spacecraft takes over. Too bad they don't have the miss probability telemetry updating in a real time graphic. It be neat to see it counting down (or what happens if something goes wrong.)


View: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/1574536530273751048?t=B0Gk1m1aYltW2VUKg-HMpA&s=19

 

[Volimar]

Oh no it veered off course, oh wait it was just the camera being moved around.

 

[Wrexis]

6 minutes.

 

[Volimar]

At 4 min, the spacecraft takes over. Too bad they don't have the miss probability telemetry updating in a real time graphic. It be neat to see it counting down (or what happens if something goes wrong.)


View: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/1574536530273751048?t=B0Gk1m1aYltW2VUKg-HMpA&s=19

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As an aside, Phil is just the best.

 

[NihonTiger]

6 minutes.

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Just a reminder: the one they're aiming for is the "little" one.

 

[Wingfan19]

So... technically, this already happened, right? We're just seeing the images much later?

 

[Frodo]

The image was a dot for an hour, and now it is getting bigger so fast.

 

[Volimar]

Three minutes! Hold on to your butts!

 

[Frodo]

So... technically, this already happened, right? We're just seeing the images much later?

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Around 40 seconds for the data to get back to us.

 

[discotheque]

Thinking about this atm

View: https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U

 

[Wingfan19]

Around 40 seconds for the data to get back to us.

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oh shit, really?? I thought it was like hours behind.

 

[Tygre]

You can really see how delicate the manoeuvring had to be in the ROI box.

Hands off now.

 

[Volimar]

Loving the detail on the larger asteroid. What a time to be alive.

 

[Tygre]

17m off target, basically a bullseye

 

[Volimar]

Oh, looks like the moon has a tiny moon.

 

[echoshifting]

This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. What an extraordinary achievement.

 

[NihonTiger]

17m off target, basically a bullseye

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To go that far and only be 17 meters off target is incredible.

 

[Ravio-li]

This is soo cool^^ and fast.. wow

 

[Tobor]

 

[discotheque]

Can't believe the NASA nerdanauts pulled it off

 

[Grenchel]

Holy shit! That was amazing.

 

[Frodo]

OMG THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER!


I'm literally smiling ear to ear!

 

[TyrantII]

Some space boulders just had a very bad stardate! Bullseye!

 

[DrFunk]

HEADSHOT

 

[dubc]

take that random rock of space, lol

crazy stuff

 

[Zeliard]

Finally we don't just have to rely on big Jupiter

 

[Meatfist]

holy shit at the fidelity those last few seconds

 

[SweetSurrender]

Holy fuck that was actually scary how big it got so fast. What an achievement

 

[bsigg]

The resolution of the last image before impact was incredible

 

[ZedLilIndPum]

Wow, seeing it cut out mid-image transfer was insane

 

[Volimar]

BOOYA! HOW YOU LIKE IT?!?! - Dinosaurs, probably.

 

[Maquiladora]

Wow wasn't expecting that level of detail in the last moments.

 

[Tygre]

Absolute chills.

Incredible work from all involved.

 

[Lord Error]

Wow, that was pretty cool.

 

[NunezL]

Damn

 

[Oozer]

Meanwhile, on Dimorphos:

"What the hell was that?!?"

 

[fr0st]

Weird way to zoom in on a picture

 

[pulsemyne]

Amazing pictures and what a shot!

 

[Like the hat?]

Absolute chills watching that stream. So incredible.

 

[Frodo]

Can't wait for the data!

 

[NihonTiger]

Now the research begins to see what it did.

 

[Volimar]

Meanwhile, on Dimorphos:

"What the hell was that?!?"

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"Bruh, you okay?"

 

[ZedLilIndPum]

I admit it, I applauded in front of my computer

 

[Blader]

Damn that was cool. For photos like those, we gotta crash more cameras into more asteroids!

 

[TheCthultist]

Just want to see the aftermath now.

 

[cyba89]

RIP little spacecraft. You accomplished your mission