2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
DART
First demonstration of kinetic-impact asteroid deflection.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 24 Nov 2022
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Asteroid Dimorphos
- Category
- Planetary defence
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
DART flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of United States's work toward asteroid dimorphos. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First demonstration of kinetic-impact asteroid deflection.
Results
First demonstration of kinetic-impact asteroid deflection.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog