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#asteroid impact

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Gif of the live feed of the DART spacecraft closing in on its target asteroid with an inset of the mission control team. With less than 10 seconds to impact, all sorts of surface features of the asteroid became visible.

Gif of the live feed from the DART spacecraft just a few seconds before impact. The surface of the asteroid fills the camera feed from DART and you can see it get closer and closer. The inset view of the mission control team cheering as they get confirmation of impact.

The DART team did it! This is the first successful test for planetary defense with the spacecraft hitting the asteroid at 14000 mph (22500 kph) using an automated guidance system.

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