[Link] NASA unveils asteroid-fighting spacecraft as it prepares for Armageddon-style mission test

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The spacecraft will be launched later this month as part of the space agency's first planetary defence test mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). It will direct itself at an asteroid while traveling at a speed of about 24,000 kilometres per hour.

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