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The Insane Engineering of the DART Mission

2022-10-29

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Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus

Editor: Dylan Hennessy

Animator: Mike Ridolfi

Animator: Eli Prenten

Sound: Graham Haerther

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References:

[1] “Tsar Bomba | History, Location, Megatons, & Facts | Britannica.” [Online]. Available: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tsar-Bomba. [Accessed: Oct. 11, 2022]

[2] “In Depth | DART,” NASA Solar System Exploration. [Online]. Available: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dart/in-depth. [Accessed: Oct. 03, 2022]

[3] “SMART Nav: Giving Spacecraft the Power to Guide Themselves.” [Online]. Available: https://www.jhuapl.edu/interactive/navigating-double-asteroid-redirection-test-on-its-own. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[4] “DART BUllseye.” [Online]. Available: https://dart.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/article.php?id=20220926. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[5] https://youtu.be/fsZo1cxMqck?t=1682

[6] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/changing-how-solar-power-rolls

[5] “Why the asteroid threat should be taken seriously | Astronomy Magazine,” Astronomy.com. [Online]. Available: https://astronomy.com/bonus/asteroidday. [Accessed: Oct. 11, 2022]

[6] “DART Overview.” [Online]. Available: https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Mission/Impactor-Spacecraft.php. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[7] T. Talbert, “DART Tests Autonomous Navigation System Using Jupiter and Europa,” NASA, Sep. 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/dart-tests-autonomous-navigation-system-using-jupiter-and-europa. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[8] “DART Webb.” [Online]. Available: https://dart.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/article.php?id=20220929. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[9] L. M. Gowran, “Bullseye: NASA’s DART strikes asteroid in historic deflection test,” Silicon Republic, Sep. 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nasa-dart-asteroid-planetary-defense-dimorphos. [Accessed: Oct. 07, 2022]

[10] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ac880d

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