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]
Double Asteroid Redirection Test Media
NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT)
Animation of DART around Didymos - Impact on Dimorphos DART · Didymos · Dimorphos
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Telescopes observing DART's impact
SOAR telescope shows the vast plume of dust and debris blasted from the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos
Pre-impact shape model of Didymos and its satellite Dimorphos, based on photometric light curve and radar data
DART being encapsulated in the Falcon 9 payload fairing on 16 November 2021
Animation of DART's trajectory DART · 65803 Didymos · Earth · Sun · 2001 CB21 · 3361 Orpheus
Compiled timelapse of DART's final 5.5 minutes until impact
DART Mission animated video from launch to impact along with separation of LICIACube
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References
- ↑ Bardan, Roxana. NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test. NASA (2022-09-26). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ↑ SpaceX ready for first launch with NASA interplanetary mission (22 November 2021)Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ↑ DART Launch Moves to Secondary Window (17 February 2021)NASA. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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