NASA's DART Mission Our Guardian Angel

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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is NASA's planetary defence mission

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Aimed at testing the impact of a spacecraft to deviate any dangerous asteroid reaching Earth

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Launch Date: 24th November, 2021 Impact Date: 26th September, 2022

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Target: Binary asteroid system 'Didymos'

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The $344 million spacecraft hits the moon-like asteroid Dimorphos orbiting Didymos on 26th Sept'22

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The aim is to tweak the orbit of Dimorphos by the impact of a potential hit

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The mission's results could depict if we can defend Earth from any lethal asteroid in future

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Telescopes from around the world are tracking the spacecraft's moves

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Chenab Bridge- The highest bridge over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir

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