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NASA launches Dart mission

Category : Science and Tech
Published on: November 25 2021 Share on facebook

  • NASA has launched DART, a first-of-its-kind mission to alter the path of an asteroid by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into it.
  • The mission's goal is to crash a space probe into the asteroid in order to change its speed and course and prevent it from colliding with the Earth.
  • DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
  • On November 24, 2021, the $325 million DART mission was launched into orbit atop a Space-X Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
  • The mission's goal is to test asteroid-deflecting technology.

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About NASA

  • NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Headquarters: Washington, United States
  • Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Founded: 29 July 1958
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