NASA and ESA team up for planetary defense mission

The video discusses the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration, focusing on the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's DART mission aims to impact the smaller moon, Dimorphos, to test planetary defense strategies. The European Space Agency's Hera mission will follow up with detailed observations and mapping of the impact site. These missions aim to provide insights into asteroid deflection techniques for future planetary defense.

What is the primary purpose of the AIDA collaboration?

• To observe the collision course of Didymos with Earth

• To mine asteroids for resources

• To study the Didymos pair for planetary defense strategies

• To establish a human colony on Dimorphos

What is the main goal of NASA's DART mission?

• To capture images of the Didymos system

• To measure the mass of Didymos

• To land a spacecraft on Dimorphos

• To redirect the orbit of Dimorphos

Which organization is providing the CubeSat to record DART's impact?

• Russian Space Agency

• Italian Space Agency

• NASA

• European Space Agency

What is the primary objective of ESA's Hera mission?

• To redirect the Didymos system

• To map the impact crater and measure Dimorphos's mass

• To land humans on Dimorphos

• To observe the Didymos system from a distance

What unique action will one of Hera's CubeSats perform?

• It will land on Dimorphos for surface operations

• It will communicate with DART

• It will capture images of Earth

• It will redirect Dimorphos's orbit