{"id":4334,"date":"2021-11-30T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T22:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/astronomy-and-planetary-science\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:26:14","slug":"congratulations-to-cristina-thomas-and-the-rest-of-the-nasa-dart-double-asteroid-redirect-test-team-on-their-successful-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/congratulations-to-cristina-thomas-and-the-rest-of-the-nasa-dart-double-asteroid-redirect-test-team-on-their-successful-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Cristina Thomas and the rest of the NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) team on their successful launch."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"DART
SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard is seen during sunrise on Nov. 23, 2021 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Bill Ingalls \/ NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are a bunch of places where Cristina <\/strong>appeared in media reports over the past couple of weeks:<\/p>\n

KNAU: NASA spacecraft will collide with asteroid in planetary defense test<\/a><\/p>\n

The Atlantic: NASA Is Practicing Asteroid Deflection. You Know, Just in Case.<\/a><\/p>\n

Scientific American: NASA\u2019s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n

space.com: NASA launches DART asteroid mission to destroy a spacecraft to (potentially) save planet Earth <\/a><\/p>\n

CBS LA: NASA And SpaceX Rocket Bound For Asteroid Belt<\/a><\/p>\n

KJZZ (NPR, Jan. 4, 2022): The DART spacecraft’s mission is to crash itself into an asteroid. Here’s why<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DART
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Pacific time (Nov. 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif. NASA launched the spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. (Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a bunch of places where Cristina appeared in media reports over the past couple of weeks: KNAU: NASA spacecraft will collide with asteroid in planetary defense test The Atlantic: NASA Is Practicing Asteroid Deflection. You Know, Just in Case. Scientific American: NASA\u2019s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse space.com: NASA launches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,187],"tags":[207,191,208],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-astronomy-and-planetary-science","tag-asteroid-mission","tag-dart","tag-planetary-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4446,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}