NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has the challenging goal of crashing its spacecraft into a small asteroid on Monday, September 26. Its target is Dimorphos, a small moonlet orbiting a larger asteroid by the name of Didymos. JPL is there to assist with navigators, communications, and more. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth, but this mission will test technology that could be used to defend our planet against potential asteroid or comet hazards.Read Long Article
