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It's the size of a fridge, launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and currently hurtling towards a 160-metre-wide asteroid. In a few short day, the DART spacecraft will crash into Dimorphos.

With three Messier objects and loads of other bright targets, the Charioteer has a lot to offer.

It might not look like much, but here is the first monumental image from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). Earlier this month, a circular door covering the aperture of its DRACO telescopic camera was opened, allowing the camera to take

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on November 24, 2021.

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has returned its first set of images from its DRACO camera, showing M38 and more.

Just two weeks after launching, NASA’s DART returned its first images from space, a major operational milestone.

The capture of the first image and successful sendoff to Earth is a major milestone for the spacecraft, indicating the nominal health of the mission.