A uniquemissionisnowunderwaytoseeifNASA's attempttoredirectanasteroidinthenameofplanetarydefensewassuccessful.
NASA's DoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest, orDARTmission, was a first-of-its-kindasteroiddeflectiontechniquethatwasusedtwoyearsagoinanattempttoalterthepathofandimorphos.
NASAcrashed a spacecraftintotheasteroidat 13,645 milesperhourtotestitsplantodefendplanetEarthagainstpotentialfutureimpacts.
Andnow, a Europeanspacecraftandtwoshoebox-sizedsatelliteshavelaunchedtosurveytheresultsofNASA's DARTmission.
We'llneedtowait a while, though, beforewehearthoseresults.
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