Asteroid's path altered in NASA's DART mission(1/3)

Photo released on Oct. 11, 2022, shows NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo/VCG)

The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit, marking the first time humanity has altered the motion of a celestial body.

Photo released on Oct. 11, 2022, shows NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo/VCG)

Photo released on Oct. 11, 2022, shows NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo/VCG)