Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) DART is the first-ever mission dedicated to investigating and demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection by changing an asteroid’s motion in space through kinetic impact . Goals. Demonstrate asteroid deflection with a kinetic impactor. Launch.
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DART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid . DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space.
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