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The mission aims to prevent giant asteroids from wiping out life on Earth forever.
NASA missions to destroy an asteroid with a spacecraft. The experimental mission aims to prevent giant asteroids from wiping out life on Earth forever.
Although it may seem like a science fiction story, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is a reality. The spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Asteroids larger than six miles are estimated to hit Earth once every 100-200 million years. One such asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years ago, causing the extinction of most species.