FOX NEWS: NASA is developing its first planetary-defense mission to combat potential threats from rogue asteroids

NASA is developing its first planetary-defense mission to combat potential threats from rogue asteroids



NASA is developing its first planetary-defense mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. DART will carefully study a near-Earth asteroid and then collide with it, giving scientists the data they need to develop a plan should they ever need to redirect a truly threatening asteroid.

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