1 00:00:07,390 --> 00:00:03,510 hi i'm nasa kennedy's daryl nail and 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,709 [Music] 3 00:00:15,669 --> 00:00:13,110 nasa's double asteroid redirection test 4 00:00:17,910 --> 00:00:15,679 or dart mission is underway after a 5 00:00:20,310 --> 00:00:17,920 successful liftoff from vandenberg space 6 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:20,320 force base in california dart is the 7 00:00:24,470 --> 00:00:22,240 first mission to test technologies for 8 00:00:26,790 --> 00:00:24,480 preventing a hazardous asteroid from 9 00:00:28,950 --> 00:00:26,800 impacting our planet though the target 10 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:28,960 asteroid is not a threat to earth the 11 00:00:33,110 --> 00:00:30,880 mission will prove that a spacecraft can 12 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:33,120 autonomously navigate to a specific 13 00:00:38,389 --> 00:00:36,320 asteroid and kinetically impact it the 14 00:00:40,950 --> 00:00:38,399 launch was managed by nasa's launch 15 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:40,960 services program based at the agency's 16 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:42,840 kennedy space center in 17 00:00:48,069 --> 00:00:45,520 florida the rocket that will launch the 18 00:00:50,389 --> 00:00:48,079 geostationary operational environmental 19 00:00:52,709 --> 00:00:50,399 satellite t or goes-t 20 00:00:54,549 --> 00:00:52,719 is now in florida a united launch 21 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:54,559 alliance transport boat delivered the 22 00:00:59,430 --> 00:00:56,800 first and second stages of the company's 23 00:01:02,310 --> 00:00:59,440 atlas v rocket to cape canaveral space 24 00:01:04,310 --> 00:01:02,320 force station goes-t is a nasa and 25 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:04,320 national oceanic atmospheric 26 00:01:08,550 --> 00:01:06,240 administration satellite that will 27 00:01:10,789 --> 00:01:08,560 continue to help meteorologists observe 28 00:01:13,350 --> 00:01:10,799 and predict weather events that affect 29 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:13,360 public safety goes-t is targeted to 30 00:01:19,030 --> 00:01:14,960 launch from cape canaveral's space 31 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:19,040 launch complex 41 on march 1 2022 the 32 00:01:23,749 --> 00:01:21,600 launch is being managed also by nasa's 33 00:01:24,950 --> 00:01:23,759 launch services program based at kennedy 34 00:01:26,870 --> 00:01:24,960 space center 35 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:26,880 to keep up with kennedy check us out on 36 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:30,000 social media and at nasa.gov forward