NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
6 Mar 2026, 19:00 GMT
Source URL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-dart-mission-changed-orbit-of-asteroid-didymos-around-sun
The spacecraft changed the binary system’s orbit, confirming that a kinetic impactor can be an effective planetary defense technique for deflecting a near-Earth object.