HomeAsteroid’s path altered in NASA’s first test of planetary defense systemFinal images from NASA’s DART spacecraft prior to impact

Final images from NASA’s DART spacecraft prior to impact

FILE PHOTO: The last image to contain a complete view of asteroid Didymos (top left) and its moonlet, Dimorphos, about 2.5 minutes before the impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft, taken by the on board DRACO imager from a distance of 920 kilometers, and released September 26, 2022. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Handout via REUTERS