NASA’s DART Spacecraft A ‘Go’ For Asteroid Impact Demo

DART asteroid-striking team
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben
HOUSTON—NASA reports all systems with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission spacecraft are “go” for its planned Sept. 26 collision with a small asteroid named Dimorphos. This will be a space first, intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of a “Kinetic Impact” strategy for fending off...
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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