NASA’s DART Sets Off On Mission To Redirect Asteroid

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DART is launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission launched early Nov. 24 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, embarking on a 10-month journey to its target. The golf cart-sized DART spacecraft represents humanity’s first attempt at demonstrating an impact strategy for...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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