NASA Spacecraft Mission Director Jim Snoddy, from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is interviewed by NASA Commentator George Diller before the launch of NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft. The spacecraft mission director's responsibility is for the overall assessment of the DART spacecraft and its readiness to launch. The SMD will receive status and recommendations from the DART launch support team. He provides the pacecraft 'Go_No-Go' to the NASA Launch Director. Launch of the DART spacecraft will take place aboard a Pegasus XL rocket during a 7-minute launch window, which extends from 10:21:49 - 10:28:49 a.m. PDT, over the Pacific Ocean approximately 100 miles offshore from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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April 15, 2005
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