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NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

James Doubek

Updated October 11, 2022

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

This article was originally published on October 11, 2022.

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