This Week NASA: Webb Detects Main Belt Asteroid, Redesigned Moon Rocket Engine Tested
This illustration depicts NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve GribbenAnd a small find that is a pretty big deal … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week atOn February 10, NASA collaborated with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture for a Black History Month event highlighting contributions by African Americans to space and technology.
NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the smaller body of the Didymos binary asteroid system in September 2022. Credit: ESA–ScienceOffice.org
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Receives Space Foundation Achievement AwardNASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team has been selected to receive the 2023 Space Achievement Award, a top award from the Space Foundation. This annual award recognizes individuals or organizations that have demonstrated breakthrough space technology or program success representing mil
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'Black history is American history': NASA celebrates African Americans and space achievements at Smithsonian eventThe Black History Month event Friday (Feb. 10) included astronauts, NASA directors and a discussion of why diversity matters, with high schoolers making up much of the audience.
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