Real Footage of a Spacecraft Crashing into an Asteroid!

#shorts After 10 months of flying through the darkness of space, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, dubbed DART has successfully crashed into its target and we can watch the moments just before the impact! The footage is made up of real images taken as the space probe approached the asteroid which has been named Dimorphos. Why is NASA crashing into space rocks? Because they are attempting to alter the orbit of an asteroid and prove that these giant objects can be deflected if we are ever faced with the threat of one colliding with Earth.

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[Cliffster]

The amount of calculations and precision needed to actually direct hit a moving asteroid is impressive

[cjveeneman]

A second probe to watch the impact and orbit shift would be epic!

[kylecasey]

Everyone knows that if you want to divert an asteroid, you send Bruce Willis and a bunch of oil rig workers

[michman]

I can't even figure out my coffee maker.

[Echo_]

Really glad to be able to see that last image at the top instead of a blank screen with follow and like buttons on the bottom

[lucaskeil]

Plot twist: they succesfully altered the path of the asteroid, it is now heading straight to earth…

[kaonashii.]

There’s something so chilling yet alluring about outer space

[GunsFreedom]

They can send images thousands and millions of miles away but I can't get reception deep inside Walmart... seems legit.

[eerohughes]

It's incredible what we as a species are capable of.

[nickrog]

10 months of space flight & it crashes into the asteroid.
My mum who is the worst driver EVER could do a better job.

[CYP]

The smaller asteroid is actually a moonlet that is orbiting the bigger asteroid. They managed to lengthen the orbiting time of the moonlet by about 25 minutes ish after the impact.

[muratveli]

Can we all have a moment of silence for the brave cameraman? RIP 😔 🪦

[DerexArchives]

it's amazing how truly dark space is

[michaeljacksheeheen]

Imagine if when doing this they actually sent one directly at us

[MOSTGHALONE]

Why didn't they send two of them so the second one could video tape the impact. Wouldn't that have been more beneficial to science and Earth as a whole

[josephpowelliii]

Just imagine....something way up there is accessible...and viewable....from way down here! Incredible!

[manarmy]

The camera quality from NASA switches from 100k - 2MP so much I can’t keep up lol

[Alex-nexj]

Imagine it’s just them zooming in on a single picture💀

[diggyj]

It would be funny and infuriating when humans play billiards with asteroids and then Murphy's law kicks in...

Asteroids ricochet and end up hitting our planet -a perfect trick shot indeed!

[galnhus]

This is reminiscent of my 80s childhood playing Asteroids. I always did terrible on that game.