Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: vandenberg space force basedartnasadouble asteroid redirection testkennedy space centerfalcon 9space launch complex 4
Description: NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully separates from the Falcon 9 second stage, beginning its solo journey to the Didymos asteroid system. DART lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Space Launch Complex 4 in California on Nov. 23, 2021 at 10:21 p.m. PST (Nov. 24 at 1:21 a.m. EST).