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NASA DART craft successfully hits asteroid, could help defend Earth against future impact

September 27, 2022

NASA has successfully and intentionally crashed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into an asteroid.

It is part of a test to see if scientists can alter the path of the Didymos asteroid. The small asteroid is a half-mile wide and has an elliptical orbit around the solar system.

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