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Plan Your Watch Party

Use the resources below to host your own Planetary Defender Watch Party! Follow these easy steps and pick what works best for you and your audience.

Watch the Live Stream

Tune in to NASA TV, NASA YouTube, NASA Facebook and NASA Twitter to watch the live impact broadcast.

When: Monday, September 26, 2022

Live Coverage: 6-7:30 p.m. EDT

Time of Impact: 7:14 p.m. EDT

Join the Online Discussion

Engage our growing online community, where you will find mission updates, opportunities to chat with other Planetary Defenders and places to share your watch party ideas. Continue to check these social media channels for potential updates as impact draws closer.

Social Media Accounts:

Hashtags:

  • #DARTMission
  • #PlanetaryDefender
  • #PlanetaryDefense

Provide Hands-on Activities

DART AR Experience

Explore and manipulate the DART spacecraft on your computer screen or access an augmented reality (AR) version of the spacecraft on your cell phone. It’s the perfect way to virtually experience the DART spacecraft from any location.

DART 3D Printable Spacecraft Model

What better way to explore the DART spacecraft than by having your own 3D-printed model? With these downloadable files, you can print the body of the spacecraft and its solar arrays.

DART 3D Printable Asteroid Model

You can explore the double-asteroid system that is the target of the DART mission with your own 3D-printed model. With these downloadable files, you can print the larger asteroid, Didymos, the smaller asteroid, Dimorphos, and the pieces needed to build a stand that allows Dimorphos to orbit around Didymos.

DART Toy Bricks Model

Enjoy this 1/12-scale model of the DART spacecraft made out of toy bricks! At this scale, the solar arrays are too large to build out of toy bricks–so the student team that designed the model created solar arrays that can be printed on paper, card stock or foam board, and attached to the body of the toy brick DART.

Eyes on Asteroids

With NASA’s Eyes on Asteroids, you can watch all the known near-Earth asteroids and comets as they orbit the Sun. Updated twice daily with the latest tracking data, the web-based application will automatically add new near-Earth object discoveries for you to explore.Don’t forget to do a search for the DART spacecraft trajectory!

Provide DART Handouts and Branding

Watch and Share DART Videos and Animations

Set up a Watch Party Photo Gallery

Set up a photo gallery to share with your community. You can use your own photos, ask people for submissions, or use some of ours. Here’s a link to get you started: https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Gallery/

DART Impact Day Resources for Informal Educators

NASA’s Museum & Informal Education Alliance is a key gateway to NASA resources for STEAM educators, staff and leadership at informal education organizations. Register to explore these DART impact day resources specifically designed for informal educators.