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03-09-2023 / DART Press Release
March 2023
NASA's DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense Method
03/01/2023 \ DART Press Release
December 2022
Scientists Following a Dusty Tail to Shape the Story of DART’s Impact
12/15/2022 \ NASA Press Release
November 2022
DART Mission Earns Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” for Pioneering Planetary Defense Capability
11/30/2022 \ DART Press Release
October 2022
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
10/11/2022 \ DART Press Release
September 2022
Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact
09/29/2022 \ NASA
Bullseye! NASA’s DART Mission Impacts Asteroid Target in World First
09/26/2022 \ DART Press Release
DART’s Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact
09/24/2022 \ DART Press Release
DART Tests Autonomous Navigation System Using Jupiter and Europa
09/20/2022 \ DART Press Release
DART’s Small Satellite Companion Takes Flight Ahead of Impact
09/15/2022 \ DART Press Release
DART Sets Sights on Asteroid Target
09/07/2022 \ DART Press Release
August 2022
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Target Asteroid
08/26/2022 \ DART Press Release
June 2022
NASA's DART Captures One of Night Sky's Brightest Stars
06/17/2022 \ DART Press Release
March 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Space Companies
03/08/2022 \ DART Press Release
December 2021
With Its Single 'Eye,' NASA's DART Returns First Images From Space
12/22/2021 \ DART Press Release
November 2021
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Launches in World’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
11/24/2021 \ DART Press Release
APL DART Team Prepares for Launch of NASA’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
11/04/2021 \ DART Press Release
October 2021
DART Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Its Final Stop Before Launch
10/20/2021 \ DART Press Release
DART Gets Its CubeSat Companion, Its Last Major Piece
10/01/2021 \ DART Press Release
September 2021
Smarter Navigation on NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test
09/27/2021 \ DART Press Release
August 2021
DART Gets Its Wings: Spacecraft Integrated with Innovative Solar Array Technology and Camera
08/13/2021 \ DART Press Release
July 2021
SMART Nav: Giving Spacecraft the Power to Guide Themselves
07/14/2021 \ DART Press Release
May 2021
Behind the Scenes: Testing for Electromagnetic Interference on DART (ft. Ken Watson)
05/10/2021 \ DART Blog
March 2021
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
February 2021
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
January 2021
DART Team Takes a Last Look at Asteroid Target Before Launch
01/15/2021 \ DART Press Release
November 2020
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
July 2020
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
June 2020
NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission Target Gets a New Name
06/23/2020 \ DART Mission Website
May 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Receives DART Spacecraft Structure and Ramps Up Integration and Testing
05/19/2020 \ DART Mission Website
April 2020
NASA’s First Planetary Defense Mission Readies for Integration and Testing at APL
04/13/2020 \ DART Mission Website
January 2020
Building a Brand
01/30/2020 \ DART Blog
December 2019
DART Receives First Flight Guidance and Control Sensor
12/16/2019 \ DART Blog
November 2019
DART Project Successfully Completes Critical Milestone
11/06/2019 \ DART Mission Website
September 2019
A Launch Four Centuries in the Making
09/03/2019 \ DART Blog
July 2019
What's in the Box? DART Team Unpacks a Spacecraft
07/19/2019 \ DART Press Release
June 2019
A Visit to SpaceX
06/30/2019 \ DART Blog
May 2019
NASA’s First Planetary Defense Technology Demonstration to Collide with Asteroid in 2022
05/06/2019 \ DART Press Release
April 2019
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
February 2019
Smart Teams + Smart Algorithms = SMART Nav
02/25/2019 \ DART Blog
November 2018
What Could be More Exciting Than Crashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid?
11/19/2018 \ DART Blog
September 2018
Asteroids have been hitting the Earth for billions of years. In 2022, we hit back.
09/27/2018 \ DART Blog
August 2018
APL-Led Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone
08/30/2018 \ DART Press Release
June 2017
NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase at Johns Hopkins APL
06/30/2017 \ DART Press Release
NASA Invites Media to Witness World’s First Planetary Defense Test
09/22/2022 \ NASA
NASA Selects Four Scientists to Join the DART Planetary Defense Mission
04/15/2021 \ NASA.gov
DART Launch Moves to Secondary Window
02/17/2021 \ NASA.gov
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
NASA planetary defense efforts continue during pandemic
06/09/2020 \ SpaceNews
Why NASA plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid
04/28/2020 \ National Geographic
NASA’s Plan to Stop an Asteroid Headed for Earth
02/04/2020 \ Freethink
We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it
09/17/2019 \ MIT Technology Review
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
What if a killer asteroid were headed toward Earth? NASA plans to find out this week
04/29/2019 \ NBC News
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
Collision Course
10/09/2018 \ Baltimore Magazine
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
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
