NASA’s DART spacecraft will collide with an asteroid on Monday, Sept. 26. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test probe has its sights firmly locked on the asteroid Didymos and its tiny companion rock, Dimorphos. The mission is designed as a test run for planetary defense with the intention of proving that a deep space collision can alter the orbit of a space rock. You can watch along live, and we’ve got all the details here. Another tiny satellite, the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging Asteroids, will take high-res photos of the crash site.Read Long Article
