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NASA Fires Off First-Ever Planetary Defense Test With Asteroid-Bound DART Spacecraft

NASA Fires Off First-Ever Planetary Defense Test With Asteroid-Bound DART Spacecraft

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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is meant to determine whether launching an object into an asteroid can successfully change the... 24.11.2021, Sputnik International

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The US space agency’s mission will see the DART spacecraft blasted into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base.DART’s target will be the two-asteroid system Didymos, which does not currently pose a threat to Earth. The spacecraft isn’t expected to reach the binary system until late September or October in 2022.If successful, the mission will see the expansion of a NASA planetary defense arsenal.Follow Sputnik's live feed to find out more.

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