Early on November 24th, NASA is set to launch its DART mission on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California, sending a spacecraft on an intentional crash course with an asteroid. The plan is to test out a way to nudge asteroids off their orbits in the future.
26 February 2021, 5:13 am EST By Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside. ( Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher )
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally released the stunning image captured by the space agency s Parker Solar Probe, and a spacecraft sent to study our host star.
Solar Probe Captures Venus
In a blog post published by NASA, the space agency explained the importance of the unique planet in our solar system, saying that it s vital for making sure the solar probe can fly further to the Sun and capture some details that o
DART delayed to November launch as environmental testing begins
February 19, 2021
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window as it begins thermal and environmental testing. The new launch date of November 24, 2021 is a delay from an original target of July 21.
DART is NASA’s first planetary defense demonstration, planned to change an asteroid’s orbit by a kinetic impact. DART is a simple technology demonstrator which will attempt to impact Dimorphos, a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos.
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) senior leadership requested a risk assessment to determine the viability of the primary and secondary launch windows. After this assessment was completed, teams determined the primary launch window was no longer viable and the DART team was told to pursue the secondary date.