NASA Has a Plan to Stop an Asteroid From Hitting Earth—by Slamming Into It

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DART is a $325 million suicide mission in space that could teach us how to save the world from annihilation.

Published Nov. 19 2021 4:57AM EST

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To hear Elena Adams tell it, our planet is under constant assault—from space dust and debris, chunks of rock, and artifacts from the formation of the solar system, to name a few.

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NASA Has a Plan to Stop an Asteroid From Hitting Earth—by Slamming Into It

DART is a $325 million suicide mission in space that could teach us how to save the world from annihilation.

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Amanda Schupak