NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid in First Earth Defense Test

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September 26, 2022News
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Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears a planned impact with its target in a highly anticipated test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a cosmic doomsday collision with Earth.

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