About this episode

The episode discusses NASA's DART mission and its significance in asteroid deflection.

Happy Asteroid Day! Honor those dearly departed Tunguska reindeer by learning about NASA's DART mission, which made sure we never have to go out like the dinosaurs! Next five near asteroid approaches: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid-watch/next-five-approaches/ Messages PRE-ORDER OUR MERCH! certifiedcrucial.com/collections/pale-blue-pod Become a star and join the patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Go supernova and support Pale Blue Pod on  PayPal   Listen to American Medieval every Wednesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram:  instagram.com/palebluepod Credits Host Dr. Moiya McTier.  @GoAstroMo , Website:  moiyamctier.com Host Connie Gibbs.  @constar24 Editor Mischa Stanton. Twitter: @mischaetc, Website:  mischastanton.com Cover artist Shae McMullin. Twitter: @thereshaegoes, Website:  shaemcmullin.com Theme musician Evan Johnston. Website:  evanjohnstonmusic.com About Us Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and her best…

Topics covered

• NASA
• asteroids
• DART mission
• Asteroid Day
• space exploration

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