Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Prelaunch News Conference has representatives from NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, SpaceX and Space Launch Delta 30. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. DART is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) on November 23, 2021 at 10:21 p.m. PST. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The participants include Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ; Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA HQ; Ed Reynolds, DART Project Manager, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL); Omar Baez, Senior Launch Director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center; Julianna Scheiman, Director for Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX; Capt. Maximillian Rush, Launch Weather Officer, Space Launch Delta 30, Vandenberg Space Force Base
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KSC-20211122-VP-MMS01-SpaceX_DART_Prelaunch_News_Conference_WON_3291074
Date Created
November 22, 2021
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KSC
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NASA/Michelle Stone
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University
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