Spacecraft Dispatched to Asteroid That NASA Slammed in Previous Save-the-Earth Test
NASA’s Dart mission, conducted in 2022, demonstrated the possibility of altering an asteroid’s trajectory.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, October 7, 2024, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a European spacecraft to an asteroid. AP/John Raoux
