Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone

September 15, 2018 by Comments are Disabled

AUGUST 30, 2018 Via John Hopkins Applied Physics Category APL-Led Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense has moved into the final design and assembly phase, following NASA’s approval on Aug. 16. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), being designed, built and […]

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