IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from the #DARTMIssion’s DRACO camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth. While this asteroid poses no danger, the DART mission is testing technology that could be used to defend our planet against potential asteroid or comet hazards that may be detected in the future. Watch for more details in the coming days at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov and at nasa.g

Congrats to the #DARTMission on a successful impact! DART deliberately collided into an asteroid and made history as the first full-scale #PlanetaryDefense test. NASA's Johnson Space Center Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration, Dr. Paul Abell, served as an investigation team member for DART. He has been working on the mission for over 10 years. | NASA's Johnson Space Center