24 November 2021
NASA successfully launches its DART mission
... that is possible with the technology we currently have,” said Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at NASA Headquarters. “DART is one aspect of NASA’s work to prepare Earth should we ever be faced with an asteroid hazard. In tandem with this...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
...a collision course with the Earth. While the target asteroid of the DART mission is not actually on a path to collide with the Earth,...the period change of Didymos B after the DART impact. The DART mission will conclude in September 2023, with analysis...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
...that is what the team behind the mission are hoping. “DART will be the first demonstration of the ‘kinetic impactor’ technique ... the effects of the impact on the asteroid system. Joining DART on its mission will be a small spacecraft known as the...
29 June 2018
All things asteroid: Who, What, Where and When
... NASA mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) project. DART’s primary objective is to demonstrate the effect a kinetic... damage. “Essential information will be missing following the DART impact – which is where Hera comes in,” explains...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...on Phobos. Schematic of the Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission shows the impact on the moonlet of asteroid ...a variety of mitigation strategies. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission is designed to impact a NEO at high velocity,...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... of the two bodies, a 160 metre moon informally called ‘Didymoon’, as part of its Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission. The impact is expected to perturb Didymoon’s orbit around the main body and when that happens...
