https://spacewatch.global/tag/double-asteroid-redirection-test/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/double-asteroid-redirection-test/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/nasas-dart-to-impact-asteroids-moonlet/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36310 NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is targeted to launch on 23rd November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, NASA announced. The mission will be an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from impacting Earth. DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impact deflection technique.]]>