Asteroid smasher set to launch this month

NASA plans to launch the DART spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California as part of its planetary defense strategy. The mission aims to impact a small asteroid in the Didymos binary system to alter its orbit slightly. This will provide crucial data for future Earth defense missions. A CubeSat will be deployed to capture footage of the impact and resulting debris.

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