The half-hour #DARTMission press conference recording is now up on the public AGU channel https://youtu.be/FF-5B7_FMfY #astrodon
And now the announcement of the momentum enhancement factor: that's what you need to be able to design a mission to move any potentially hazardous asteroid! #DARTmission
ahhhh so neat to have our Ōtehīwai Mt John images of the ejecta/dust tail included in the press conference! #DARTmission
Very excited to be watching the #DARTmission press conference (live, but remotely). So neat to see everything of vast amounts of the team's work pulled together
Kia ora #astrodon #planetaryscience .
I like thinking about small worlds in the Solar System, #interstellar objects, how to find them and how to visit them; currently with #DARTmission learning more about #PlanetaryDefense .
On the local side of things planetary, musing about #spacesustainability, from rockets to satellites to dark skies.
#Astrodon #planetaryscience #interstellar #DARTmission #PlanetaryDefense #spacesustainability
IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssion’s DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth.
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Did you catch the #DARTMission stream live or Didymos it? Impact is over, but the research continues. As scientists delve into data and telescopes release images of the asteroid from their POV, follow @AsteroidWatch@twitter.com and @NASASolarSystem@twitter.com for updates. https://go.nasa.gov/3LJv5EC
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ESA’s #HeraMission team congratulates their counterparts in @NASA@twitter.com's #DARTmission for their historic impact with the #Dimorphos #asteroid, humankind’s first test of the ‘kinetic impactor’ method of planetary defence 👉 https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_team_congratulates_NASA_asteroid_impactors #PlanetaryDefense
#heramission #DARTmission #Dimorphos #asteroid #planetarydefense
Don't want to miss a thing? Watch the final moments from the #DARTMission on its collision course with asteroid Dimporphos.
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Live from @JHUAPL: Follow the real-time journey of the #DARTMission spacecraft towards its planned impact with a non-hazardous asteroid Dimorphos in the world’s first planetary defense test. https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzXPbAMRKv
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🛰️ This is only a test – of planetary defense. Today, our #DARTMission is set to crash into a non-hazardous asteroid to test deflection technology, should we ever discover a threat.
Impact: 7:14pm ET (23:14 UTC). Watch our LIVE broadcast at 6pm ET: https://youtu.be/4RA8Tfa6Sck
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Tomorrow evening, @NASA@twitter.com's #DARTmission crashes into #asteroid #Dimorphos
ESA's #Estrack network will be tracking the event, our astronomers will be watching the plume created with telescopes on the ground and our #HERAmission is getting ready to fly out and study the results!🪨
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1573952949407006721
#DARTmission #asteroid #Dimorphos #estrack #heramission
Our #DARTMission lifted off on a test of planetary defense, a new docking module arrived at the @Space_Station, and crew members sent a #Thanksgiving message from space.
All this and more on This Week @ NASA.
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☀️ The warmth of sunshine on just-unrolled solar panels. Nothing like it.
Our #DARTMission has unfurled its two 28-foot-long solar arrays, the last milestone in today's successful launch. http://go.nasa.gov/3FKzzqe
That’s a wrap for our #DARTMission launch coverage, but there’s plenty more news to come!
Stay tuned to NASA, @AsteroidWatch, and @JHUAPL social media for the latest updates on DART's journey on its way to asteroid Dimorphos in late 2022.
We've received our first signals from #DARTMission, which will continue to roll out its solar arrays in the coming hours and prepare for its 10-month, one-way trip to the asteroid Dimorphos.
On our way!
55 minutes into its flight, the #DARTMission spacecraft has separated from the @SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage, and will soon begin to orient itself toward the Sun.
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Become a #PlanetaryDefender!
Take a five-question quiz on the #DARTMission to test your knowledge on the world’s first planetary defense test mission, earn your certificate and share it online: http://bitly.com/planetarydefender
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#PlanetaryDefender #DARTmission
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Launch of the @SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the DART spacecraft - starting a nearly one-year journey to crash into a distant asteroid as a test! Keep checking back for more images! #DARTMission #PlanetaryDefense More: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX9x1oZ
#DARTmission #PlanetaryDefense
Asteroid Dimorphos: we're coming for you!
Riding a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, our #DARTMission blasted off at 1:21am EST (06:21 UTC), launching the world's first mission to test asteroid-deflecting technology.
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