DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test because its target is, in fact, a double asteroid that orbits the sun. The main asteroid, called Didymos, is about half-a-mile across.

Looking ahead, Dart is expected to be one of the first names called on Thursday night. Some draft analysts even predict that he could go as high as No. 3 overall to the New York Giants, a team in ...

Using solar power for propulsion, 10 months from now, NASA's DART will be 6.5 million miles away and within striking distance of a near-Earth double asteroid – Didymos – the larger of the two ...

Meanwhile, NASA's DART spacecraft is eying Dimorphos like a crouched cat preparing to pounce. On Wednesday, NASA released DART's first view of its target, a long-distance look at the Didymos system.

The DART spacecraft has been traveling to reach its target since November. DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, and the moment was streamed live by NASA.