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Understanding NASA'S DART Mission

A NASA logo is seen at the visitor complex of Kennedy Space Center.
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A NASA logo is seen at the visitor complex of Kennedy Space Center.

On Monday, NASA plowed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could deflect its course. The DART Mission is a test to see if the tactic could protect Earth from a rogue asteroid in the future. Sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie, but it's science!

Experts help us understand the mission and its goals. Our guests:

  • David DeGraff, Ph.D., professor of physics and astronomy at Alfred University
  • Roger Dube, Ph.D., physicist and emeritus professor at RIT
  • Brian Koberlein, Ph.D., astrophysicist and science writer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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