Location:
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA, UNITED STATES
Post Date:
Nov 24, 2021 2:19 PM
TAG ID:
upiphotostwo833749
(RM)
Credit:
BILL INGALLS/UPI/Newscom
Format:
4000 x 2667 Color JPEG
Photographer:
BILL INGALLS
Keywords:
News, Space, Science, Technology, Space Exploration
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world's first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI