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What is DART Mission?


Double Asteroid Redirection Testing (DART) is a NASA space mission aiming to test a method for planetary defense against Near-Earth objects (NEOs). It was created to test the extent to which a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid by shifting momentum upon striking the asteroid head-on. The asteroid chosen for the test is not a real threat to Earth and was selected to facilitate the test. The probe was released from Earth on November 24, 2021, and then on September 26, 2022, the investigation intentionally hit Dimorphos, the minor lunar planet that orbits the Earth Didymos. On October 11, NASA declared DART a success, concluding that it reduced Dimorphos orbital time around Didymos by 32 minutes, exceeding the previously-described successful threshold of 73 seconds.

 

 

DART was the first mission to investigate and demonstrate one method for deflecting an asteroid by changing the orbiting asteroid's movement in space via kinetic impact. DART is a joint project between NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). The project was funded through NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, managed by NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center, and several NASA laboratories and offices provided technical support. International partners, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), Italian Space Agency (ASI), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), are contributing to related or subsequent projects.

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