Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: vandenberg space force basedouble asteroid redirection testcape canaveral space force stationlaunch services programfalcon 9geostationary operational environmental satellite tspace launch complex 4dartnasagoes-tkennedy space centerspace launch complex 41ksc

Description: NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is underway after a successful liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the first mission to test technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from impacting our planet. Also, the rocket that will launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) is now in Florida. GOES-T is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 on March 1, 2022. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy Space Center, is managing the launches of DART and GOES-T.