DART in the News
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NASA has selected 12 participating scientists to join ESA’s (European Space Agency) Hera mission, which is scheduled to launch in…
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For the benefit of all, NASA released a summary Thursday of the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. NASA’s…
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After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed…
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be honored with the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. For its…
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NASA’s Brian Key and Scott Bellamy accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal on behalf of a mission…
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After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration…
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From Impact to Innovation: A Year of Science and Triumph for Historic DART Mission
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The popular 1954 rock song “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” could be the theme music for the Hubble Space Telescope‘s latest…
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NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with the organization's…
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) honored NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)…
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Ed Reynolds, a program manager in the Space Exploration Sector at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland,…
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In recognition of its successful completion of the world’s first planetary defense test mission, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)…
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Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its target nearly five months ago, on Sept. 26 – altering the orbit…
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Adding to a growing list of agency recognitions for its accomplishments in exploration for the benefit of all, NASA ranked…
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NASA’s DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense Method
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Like a sports photographer at an auto-racing event, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos…
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Editor’s Note: This feature was updated Feb. 8 to include a quote from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. NASA’s Double…
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Here is a look back at 2022’s most significant events at America’s multiuser spaceport: FEBRUARY Launch Control Center Renamed for Famed…
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Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26 – altering its…
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2022 is one for the history books as NASA caps off another astronomical year. NASA launched its mega Moon rocket…
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Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope,…
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Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the…
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Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a…
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Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a…