NASA to Launch DART on Oct. 26

Washington, D.C./Oct. 19/Satnews Daily/ — NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft is scheduled to launch Oct. 26, Monday, at 2:13 p.m. EDT, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif.

DART will demonstrate key technologies required for spacecraft to rendezvous with other craft, such as satellites, without human intervention. DART will combine key autonomous technologies to actually rendezvous with a target satellite during the mission.

DART is the first demonstration program selected by NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate to develop technologies for the Vision for Space Exploration.

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