NASA's DART MiSSION

NASA's DART Spacecraft Launches World's First Planetary Defense Test Mission

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It was launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, DART took off Wednesday, Nov. 24 2021

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DART’s Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact

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On Dec. 10, DART’s DRACO camera captured and returned its first image of the stars in Messier 38.

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NASA's DART Captures One of Night Sky's Brightest Stars

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DART Sets Sights on Asteroid Target

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DART Tests Autonomous Navigation System Using Jupiter and Europa

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Last image showing all of Dimorphos Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact.

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The last complete image of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, taken by the Spacecraft from ~7 miles (12 kilometers) from the asteroid and 2 seconds before impact.

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DART's final look at the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos before impact. Taken by spacecraft's camera from ~4 miles (~6 kilometers) from the asteroid and only 1 second before impact.

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Post-Impact LICIACube a italian spacecraft taken the First Press Images. A LEIA image observing Didymos-Dimorphos

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