Illustration of the DART spacecraft and the LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

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Illustration of the DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system. DART is the agency's first planetary defense test mission and the target asteroid is not a threat to Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will help determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course.

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