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SMART Nav: Giving Spacecraft the Power to Guide Themselves

07/14/2021 \ DART Press Release

Behind the Scenes: Testing for Electromagnetic Interference on DART (ft. Ken Watson)

05/10/2021 \ DART Blog

NASA Selects Four Scientists to Join the DART Planetary Defense Mission

04/15/2021 \ NASA.gov

Behind the Scenes: Outfitting the DART Spacecraft with Thermal Blankets, ft. Elisabeth Abel

03/31/2021 \ DART Blog

NASA's First Planetary Defense Test Mission

03/02/2021 \ DART Blog

Behind the Scenes: DART High Gain Antenna

03/01/2021 \ DART Blog

DART Launch Moves to Secondary Window

02/17/2021 \ NASA.gov

DART Mission Heats Up, Enters Environmental Testing

02/09/2021 \ DART Press Release

Behind the Scenes: NEXT-C Ion Engine Installation on DART

02/02/2021 \ DART Blog

DART Team Takes a Last Look at Asteroid Target Before Launch

01/15/2021 \ DART Press Release

DART Spacecraft Outfitted with Next-Gen Technology Demonstration Propulsion System

11/24/2020 \ DART Press Release

Behind the Scenes: Assembling the DART Spacecraft (feat. Mechanical Systems Engineer Betsy Congdon)

11/17/2020 \ DART Blog

How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World

10/15/2020 \ WIRED

This spacecraft is being readied for a one-way mission to deflect an asteroid

10/12/2020 \ MIT Technology Review

Predicting the Unpredictable - The Dynamics of DART's Dive Into an Asteroid

07/23/2020 \ DART Mission Website

Staying Aligned During COVID-19: APL Propels Space Missions Forward

07/02/2020 \ DART Mission Website

NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission Target Gets a New Name

06/23/2020 \ DART Mission Website

NASA planetary defense efforts continue during pandemic

06/09/2020 \ SpaceNews

Johns Hopkins APL Receives DART Spacecraft Structure and Ramps Up Integration and Testing

05/19/2020 \ DART Mission Website

Why NASA plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid

04/28/2020 \ National Geographic

NASA’s First Planetary Defense Mission Readies for Integration and Testing at APL

04/13/2020 \ DART Mission Website

NASA’s Plan to Stop an Asteroid Headed for Earth

02/04/2020 \ Freethink

Building a Brand

01/30/2020 \ DART Blog

DART Receives First Flight Guidance and Control Sensor

12/16/2019 \ DART Blog

DART Project Successfully Completes Critical Milestone

11/06/2019 \ DART Mission Website

We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it

09/17/2019 \ MIT Technology Review

A Launch Four Centuries in the Making

09/03/2019 \ DART Blog

What's in the Box? DART Team Unpacks a Spacecraft

07/19/2019 \ DART Press Release

A Visit to SpaceX

06/30/2019 \ DART Blog

Scientists turn up the spotlight on space perils (and prospects) for Asteroid Day

06/27/2019 \ GeekWire

NBC News: Inside scientists’ new plan to deflect asteroids away from Earth

06/02/2019 \ NBC News

NASA’s First Planetary Defense Technology Demonstration to Collide with Asteroid in 2022

05/06/2019 \ DART Press Release

What if a killer asteroid were headed toward Earth? NASA plans to find out this week

04/29/2019 \ NBC News

Observing Didymos in 2019: Using Telescopes to Understand Our Target

04/29/2019 \ DART Blog

DART Mission Set to Launch on SpaceX Falcon 9

04/12/2019 \ DART Press Release

Smart Teams + Smart Algorithms = SMART Nav

02/25/2019 \ DART Blog

ESA plans mission to smallest asteroid ever visited

02/04/2019 \ European Space Agency

An asteroid could destroy humanity like it did dinosaurs. A Hopkins team has a plan to save the world.

02/04/2019 \ The Baltimore Sun

Humanity Will Slam a Spacecraft into an Asteroid in a Few Years to Help Save Us All

01/02/2019 \ Space.com

What Could be More Exciting Than Crashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid?

11/19/2018 \ DART Blog

Collision Course

10/09/2018 \ Baltimore Magazine

Asteroids have been hitting the Earth for billions of years. In 2022, we hit back.

09/27/2018 \ DART Blog

APL-Led Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone

08/30/2018 \ DART Press Release

White House releases near Earth object action plan

06/21/2018 \ SpaceNews

Space scientists have big plans to avert an asteroid apocalypse

04/06/2018 \ NBC News

Course Corrector: Managers of proposed mission hope to protect Earth from giant space rocks

10/01/2017 \ Aerospace America

NASA Pushes Through with Asteroid Deflection Mission That Could One Day Save Earth

07/05/2017 \ Inquisitr

NASA Spacecraft Would Smash Into an Asteroid as a Dry Run for Saving the Planet

07/03/2017 \ Popular Mechanics

NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique

07/01/2017 \ CNN

NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase at Johns Hopkins APL

06/30/2017 \ DART Press Release

Earth’s Best Defense Against Killer Asteroids Needs Cash

02/09/2017 \ WIRED

Can We Deflect Asteroids?

11/24/2016 \ Euronews

We really need to figure out how to stop a killer asteroid, scientists say

11/18/2016 \ The Washington Post

Space Scientists Rally Support for 2020 Asteroid-Deflection Mission

11/15/2016 \ Space.com

European Asteroid Mission Could Launch Soon, Target Space Rock Moves Near Earth

11/08/2016 \ Nature World News