By kumari
September 29,2022
On Monday, the agency's initial mission to change an asteroid in space.
The first planetary defence technology demonstration in history.
successfully slammed its targeted asteroid.
At 7:14 p.m. EDT, the effective implications were officially confirmed.
By the command center at the Johns Hopkins Implemented Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland
DART's collision with both the asteroid Dimorphous illustrates a workable mitigation approach.
For defending the globe from an Earth-bound comet or asteroid.
should one be identified, as part of NASA's wider planetary defense system.