The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
DART coordination lead Nancy Chabot and the rest of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test team will see their spacecraft rocket toward asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos in a few days. She returns to Planetary Radio with a preview of the mission and its difficult challenge. Planetary Society editor Rae Paoletta takes us on a brief tour of the solar systemโs volcanoes, and a special guest joins Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan for Whatโs Up. Thereโs more to explore at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2021-dart-launch-nancy-chabot
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