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InfoAge Spaceflight Lecture – NASA’s DART and Lucy
March 27, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ISEC – THE INFOAGE SCIENCE AND HISTORY MUSEUMSTHE INFOAGE SPACE EXPLORATION CENTERPRESENTS
Sunday March 27, 2022
2 PM
2300 Marconi Rd., Wall Twp., NJ
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NASA’s LUCY and DART MissionsDART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid.
DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space.
The DART mission is led by APL
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About Frank O’Brien:
Frank O’Brien is a volunteer historian for NASA as part of their history, education and public outreach efforts. As an author, his book on the Apollo Guidance Computer has been well received by both the spaceflight and computing communities. In 2012, Frank became a Solar System Ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and lectures on a wide range of space topics. Frank has volunteered at the InfoAge Science/History Museum since 2003.