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DART Program

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test was the world’s first planetary-defense technology demonstration, intentionally impacting the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos to validate kinetic impact as an asteroid-deflection technique. The spacecraft launched on 24 November 2021 and impacted Dimorphos on 27 September 2022, changing its orbital period around Didymos.

Identity

Aliases
DARTDouble Asteroid Redirection TestDouble Asteroid Redirection Test MissionNASA DART
Domains
spaceflight
Name
DART Program
Status
completed
Types
researchdevelopmentoperations

Details

Description
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test was the world’s first planetary-defense technology demonstration, intentionally impacting the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos to validate kinetic impact as an asteroid-deflection technique. The spacecraft launched on 24 November 2021 and impacted Dimorphos on 27 September 2022, changing its orbital period around Didymos.
End Date
2022-09-27
Leads
Parent Program
Participants
Start Date
2021-11-24

Assets & Meta

Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 19:25:00 UTC
Updated Time
August 14, 2026 at 10:15:57 UTC

Other

Official Urls
https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-defense-dart/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-dart-mission-hits-asteroid-in-first-ever-planetary-defense-test/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/Dart/https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/darts-small-satellite-companion-takes-flight-ahead-of-impact/