NASA s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. A spacecraft built by Nasa is set to intentionally crash into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. Vandenberg USA - ZUMA 20220926_new_z03_034

NASA s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. A spacecraft built by Nasa is set to intentionally crash into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. Vandenberg USA - ZUMA 20220926_new_z03_034

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Recording Date: Sep 26, 2022

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September 26, 2022, Vandenberg, California, USA: NASA s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. A spacecraft built by Nasa is set to intentionally crash into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. Vandenberg USA - ZUMA 20220926_new_z03_034

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