25K views · 113 reactions | NASA planetary defender Dr. Kelly Fast has a hard and fast rule: “Find asteroids before they find us.” Working in NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Kelly is helping send a first-of-its-kind mission to test what it would take to “nudge” an asteroid in space. Find out more about the #DARTmission: www.nasa.gov/DART | NASA 360 | Facebook

6.7K views · 273 reactions | NASA holds a briefing ahead of testing its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. #NASA #DART #planetarydefense #text #asteroid #earth #defense #system #space | Reuters | Facebook

Before NASA’s #DARTmission slams into an asteroid — in the name of science — it has to be designed, built, launched, and flown. JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) systems engineer Elena Adams has made sure that the mission will hit the mark. Stay tuned for launch and impact: www.nasa.gov/DART | NASA 360