NASA’s DART Spacecraft Tests Autonomous Navigation System Using Jupiter and Europa
After capturing images of Vega, one of the brightest stars in Earth’s night sky, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test’s (DART) camera recently focused on another…
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NASA’s DART Spacecraft Sets Sights on Asteroid Target
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft recently acquired its first image of Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos. DART will intentionally…
NASA’s DART Confirmed on Target To Impact Asteroid Dimorphos
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the DART investigation team completed a six-night observation campaign last…
Planetary Defense: Study Finds That NASA’s DART Spacecraft Could Obliterate Asteroids
University of Bern researchers simulate planetary defense. The world’s first comprehensive planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth is being conducted by NASA…
We Asked a NASA Expert: Is NASA Really Crashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid? [Video]
We sure are — all in the name of planetary defense. The DART mission is a technology test to see if an impactor could change…
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Opens Its “Eye” and Returns First Images From Space
Just two weeks after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its “eye” and returned…
Catching DART Asteroid Deflection Mission’s First Words
When NASA’s DART spacecraft launched November 24 on a world-first mission to deflect an asteroid, ESA’s Estrack network played a vital role – finding, tracking,…
Ensuring That NASA’s DART Kinetic Impactor Asteroid Deflector Hits Its Target
Although the chance of an asteroid impacting Earth is small, even a relatively small asteroid of about 500 feet (about 150 meters) across carries enough…
NASA DART Launch: Key Step Forward in Planetary Defense
NASA’s latest launch into outer space is going to make an impact. In fact, that’s its entire mission. DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which launched…
NASA’s DART Kinetic Impactor Spacecraft Launches in World’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
Lighting up the California coastline early in the morning of November 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches NASA’s DART: First Test Mission To Defend Planet Earth
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday…
NASA’s DART Mission To Redirect an Asteroid Launched – Spacecraft Traveling on Its Own
NASA’s DART Mission Launches! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has launched from Space Launch Complex 4 at…
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Secured in SpaceX Payload Fairing – Ready for Launch
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is now encapsulated in the SpaceX payload fairings. Technicians with SpaceX installed the two halves of the fairing…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Hitting an Asteroid Head On
An on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection is a key test that NASA and other agencies wish to perform before any actual need is present. The…
NASA’s DART Mission To Crash a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid Is Set To Launch – Watch It Live
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. True to its…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: What if an Asteroid Was Going To Hit Earth? [Video]
What if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? There are no known threats to Earth, but planetary defense expert Dr. Kelly Fast says it’s…
Planetary Defense: NASA Prepares To Launch DART To Deflect Asteroid With Kinetic Impact
Team members of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) have filled the spacecraft with fuel, have performed many of the final tests, and are running…
NASA To Launch Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission – Preventing a Hazardous Asteroid From Striking Earth
NASA is ready for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from…