NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test

In order to test a mechanism for diverting an asteroid for planetary defence using a "kinetic impactor," NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. According to NASA, DART hit the tiny asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to slightly alter the orbital speed of the moonlet.

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