News Archive / Tagged: DART

• NASA’s DART asteroid collision mission a smashing success!

  Derek RichardsonOctober 11th, 2022

  Two weeks after a NASA spacecraft purposely collided with an asteroid, the agency confirmed the impact changed its orbit much greater than initially expected.

• IMPACT: NASA DART mission successfully collides with asteroid

  Sean CostelloSeptember 26th, 2022

  For the first time, a NASA spacecraft was purposefully slammed into an asteroid in order to change the small body’s orbital period.

• SpaceX launches NASA’s DART asteroid-impact spacecraft

  Theresa CrossNovember 24th, 2021

  SpaceX launched NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission designed to test a planetary defense technique.

• NASA set to launch DART on a mission to crash into an asteroid

  Theresa CrossNovember 22nd, 2021

  NASA is set to launch a spacecraft specifically designed to crash into an asteroid to demonstrate a planetary defense technique.

• SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract

  Jason RhianApril 15th, 2019

  SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission for NASA, marking the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the company.

• NEXT-C electric propulsion engine poised for production

  Jason RhianApril 14th, 2018

  The NEXT-C ion propulsion engine has successfully completed a Critical Design Review conducted by NASA and is planned for use on the agency's 2021 DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission. With the CDR finished, the next step in the process should be the production of actual flight units.