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NASA to intentionally crash $330 million spacecraft into asteroid this month

11/09/2022 06:11 PM | Click to read full article

The Double Asteroid Redirect Test spacecraft, also known as DART, will smash into an asteroid on September 26 as part of a long-term mission to protect the earth from future asteroid impacts.

“While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world’s first test of the kinetic impact technique, using a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid for planetary defense,” NASA said Thursday.

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