Defending Planet Earth: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Presenter: Dr. Angela Stickle, DART Impact Modeling Working Group Lead, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Artifacts: Presentation PDF | Video Recording on YouTube | Chat Log NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was the first planetary defense test mission. The DART spacecraft purposefully ran into a small asteroid, Dimorphos, on September 26, 2022, in order to test asteroid deflection. DART was a huge […]
NOAA’S Joint Polar Satellite System, JPSS-2, the Sequel
Presenter: Ted Leoutsakos, NASA – JPSS Deployed Systems Team Senior Engineer Artifacts: Presentation PDF | Video Recording on YouTube | Chat Log Back by popular demand! Ted presented to HAL about the first JPSS mission in January 2021. His 2023 presentation will provide details about JPSS-2, the new mission. JPSS-2 successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10, 2022. […]