Double Asteroid Redirection Test
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission for planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). It was made to see how much an average-sized spacecraft could move an asteroid out of its trajectory (the path it is guessed to travel.)[1] The asteroid that was picked was not dangerous to Earth, and also it is a simple binary system. The spacecraft flew on the 24th of November 2021, and hit what it was aiming for, the asteroid Dimorphos.
DART was a joint project between NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).
The DART spacecraft was successfully launched on 24 November 2021, with collision aimed for 26 September 2022 to 2 October 2022.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bardan, Roxana (2022-09-26). "NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test". NASA. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ↑ "SpaceX ready for first launch with NASA interplanetary mission". Spaceflight Now. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ↑ "DART Launch Moves to Secondary Window". NASA. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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