Article 5TFDT The Spacecraft That's Going to Smash Into an Asteroid Just Sent Back Its First Pictures

The Spacecraft That's Going to Smash Into an Asteroid Just Sent Back Its First Pictures

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Isaac Schultz
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It's been a month since the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission launched on its way to the binary asteroid system of Didymos and Dimorphos. DART captured its first images three weeks ago, an important operational milestone as the spacecraft hurtles toward a collision with Dimorphos.

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