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Smashing success: NASA's DART spacecraft shifts asteroid's orbit

Headline from FOX 35 Orlando, from the development of Oct 11, 2022

Newest development Oct 12, 2022 · 2 reportsDART’s Smashing Success Shows Humanity Can Divert Asteroids

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit.

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  1. Names this update

    Smashing success: NASA's DART spacecraft shifts asteroid's orbit

    Headline from FOX 35 Orlando ·

  2. Newest

    DART’s Smashing Success Shows Humanity Can Divert Asteroids

    Headline from Scientific American ·

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Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

  1. Local News 8

    The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos when the NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into the space rock on September 26, according to the agency.

  2. Al Jazeera

    NASA says DART spacecraft successfully alters asteroid’s path (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Taking a page out of science fiction and Hollywood scripts, US space agency aims to prevent collision with Earth.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    NASA says DART mission succeeded in altering asteroid's orbit | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A NASA spacecraft that rammed into an asteroid did manage to alter the rock's trajectory. The same idea could be used if an asteroid is ever on a collision course with Earth.

  4. Shore News Network

    NASA says DART mission succeeded in altering asteroid's trajectory (opens Shore News Network)

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    Shore News Network's feed description

    By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The spacecraft that NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet out of its

  5. CBS News

    NASA confirms DART probe's crash into an asteroid successfully changed its course (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The test verifies a possible technique for nudging a threatening asteroid or comet off course before it could impact Earth.

  6. The Guardian

    Nasa says Dart mission succeeded in shifting asteroid’s orbit (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Space agency attempted first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way

  7. Science News

    NASA’s DART mission successfully shoved an asteroid (opens Science News)

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    Science News's feed description

    Data obtained since the spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid show that the impact altered the space rock’s orbit even more than intended.

  8. FOX 35 Orlando

    Smashing success: NASA's DART spacecraft shifts asteroid's orbit (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit.

  9. The Week

    NASA says its DART mission successfully changed asteroid's orbit (opens The Week)

    Published

  10. The Conversation US

    NASA successfully shifted an asteroid's orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully showed that it is possible to crash a spacecraft into a small asteroid and change its orbit. This technique could save Earth from asteroids in the future.

  11. Scientific American

    DART’s Smashing Success Shows Humanity Can Divert Asteroids (opens Scientific American)

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    Scientific American's feed description

    NASA confirms that its DART spacecraft nudged the asteroid Dimorphos into a new orbit

  12. Fox News

    NASA's DART mission successfully hits asteroid into new orbit (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    NASA said Tuesday that its DART mission had successfully altered the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos. The impact shortened the length of its orbit by 32 minutes.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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