NASA's DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth.
Source: wired.com
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Statement: CSIRO Tracking NASA's Asteroid Collision Test
The world’s first full-scale planetary defence test – NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission – is designed to strike an asteroid and adjust its course.
Source: azoquantum.com
Australia Played Role in NASA Asteroid Defense Test
Experiment designed to avert a potentially catastrophic meteorite collision with Earth
Australian Capital Territory Rebecca Allen Space Network Australian Broadcasting Corp Australia Swinburne University Center Swinburne University
Source: voanews.com
NASA's DART Smacks Asteroid Dimorphos—A First | Aviation Week Network
NASA's probe slammed into a targeted asteroid on Sept. 26 to demonstrate a kinetic impact strategy as a potential means of shielding the Earth from a disastrous collision in future.
United States Andy Rivkin Aerojet Rocketdyne Tom Statler Glenn Research Center Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Source: aviationweek.com
NASA's DART mission will defend the Earth from asteroids — Quartz
It's clobberin' time for the DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) mission
Elena Adams Katherine Calvin Lindley Johnson Johns Hopkins University Propulsion Laboratory Italian Space Agency
Source: qz.com
DART asteroid-smashing mission 'on track for an impact,' NASA says
During a media briefing on Thursday (Sept. 22), the DART mission team said they are confident that the craft will smash into the asteroid Dimorphos as planned on Monday (Sept. 26).
Elena Adams Katherine Calvin Lindley Johnson Edward Reynolds Tom Statler John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Source: space.com
NASA's DART mission will put on an asteroid-smashing show next week
NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) probe will slam into an asteroid next week, and well get to watch the action live.
Evan Smith Nancy Chabot Michelle Chen Space Network Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Laboratory Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Source: space.com
NASA struggles to regain control of its $30 million Capstone spacecraft
Toward the end of a major engine burn last Thursday (September 9), CAPSTONE experienced an anomaly that put the probe in a protective safe mode, the mission team in the US said.
New Zealand New Zealand General Jeff Bezo Blue Origin Space Network Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations
Source: dailymail.co.uk
JPL's new director aims to make space for new voices, find life beyond Earth
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena jumped for joy in 2012 after guiding Curiosity to a safe landing on Mars.
Laurie Leshin Zaydee Sanchez Steve Chiotakis Space Network Propulsion Laboratory In Pasadena Propulsion Laboratory
Source: kcrw.com
NASA loses contact with spacecraft, now attempting to recover it
NASAs CAPSTONE mission to support the Artemis program by working on the Lunar Gateway has experienced a communications blackout and is now in safe mode.
Space Network Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations Navigation Experiment Advanced Space Terran Orbital Advanced Space
Source: tweaktown.com