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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24, 2021 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24, 2021 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24, 2021 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24, 2021 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, is seen ready for launch, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Handout photo - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, Pacific time (November 24, 2021 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world???s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA???s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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