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Here in MD, all ready for the #DARTMission at @johnshopkinsapl Let’s do this! #planetarydefender https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-IivVOmn8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

DART Mission NASA’s 1st planetary defense test mission! Want to learn a little more about this trailblazing mission? Let’s go! Make sure to follow my coverage on this upcoming event Monday, 9/26. I’ll be touring @johnshopkinsapl and will be there for the the spacecrafts encounter with the asteroid that evening. Make sure to follow my adventures on my IG stories! In the meantime, here is some helpful information about the mission. Enjoy! The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Developed and led for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, DART will demonstrate the planetary defense technique known as kinetic impact. The DART spacecraft, which launched on November 24, 2021, will slam into an asteroid and shift its orbit, taking a critical step in demonstrating ways to protect our planet from a potentially hazardous impact. DART’s target is a binary asteroid system consisting of Didymos (Greek for “twin”), about a half-mile across, and its smaller companion called Dimorphos (Greek for “two forms”), about 530 feet across. DART will use an autonomous targeting system to aim itself at Dimorphos. The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small car, will strike the smaller body at about 4 miles per second on September 26, 2022. Telescopes on Earth will observe the asteroid system and measure the change in Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos. A ride-along CubeSat named LICIACube, built by the Italian Space Agency, will separate from DART before impact to observe the collision. Info source: Johns Hopkins APL #NASASocial #DARTmission #PlanetaryDefender #PlanetaryDefense https://www.instagram.com/p/CiveXYWplvj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Counting down….🥰 #NASAsocial #DARTmission #PlanetaryDefender #PlanetaryDefense https://www.instagram.com/p/Cinpsn7uMX4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=