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2023 Space Year in Review

2023 Space Year in Review

TJ Miller '25, Writer February 13, 2024

2023 was a big year for space—the record for the highest number of launches globally was shattered, with 224 orbital launches last year compared to 2022’s previous record of 186. The United States...

Schematic of the DART mission shows the impact on the moonlet of asteroid (65803) Didymos. Post-impact observations from Earth-based optical telescopes and planetary radar would, in turn, measure the change in the moonlet’s orbit about the parent body.

Practice Makes Perfect

Olivia Davis '24, Writer October 20, 2021

On November 23, 2021, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft launched by NASA will target Dimorphos: a moonlet orbiting asteroid Didymos. Didymos and Dimorphos, known as a non-threatening...

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