Houston Chronicle

NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.

Upon Hera's arrival at Didymos and Dimorphos—which is slated for late 2026—the mission will perform its own "crash scene investigation," measuring the asteroid's mass and shifted orbit from up close, ...
Gizmodo

NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful kinetic impact test. Reading time 3 minutes In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft ...
Futurism

Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

In 2022, NASA intentionally rammed a spacecraft into a small asteroid at 14,000 mph, knocking it off course. The goal was to demonstrate a proof of concept for keeping humanity safe from a space rock ...
Gizmodo

NASA Smashed Into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth

Rocks knocked off Dimorphos could come back to bite us in a few years—in the form of harmless meteors. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...