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DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test

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Tom Patton
Sep 27, 2022
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After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space.

“Now we know we can aim a spacecraft with the precision needed to impact even a small body in space. …

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