Double Asteroid Redirection Test: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- not declared
- Declared end
- not declared
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
In Galaxy
None of the targets this mission declares is in Galaxy’s catalogue.
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The DART mission was a planetary defense and technology demonstration mission that impacted the moon (Dimorphos) of the Didymos asteroid system to measure the effect on the moon's orbit.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- (65803) Didymos (1996 GT) (asteroid)
- (65803) Didymos I (Dimorphos) (asteroid)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.double_asteroid_redirection_test
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/