Earthlings can sleep well now
Daily Star|September 28, 2022
NASA MAKES A DIRECT HIT ON ASTEROID
CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN
Earthlings can sleep well now

NASA hit the bullseye when it crashed a rocket into an asteroid to keep us Earthlings safe from falling space rocks.

Their £300million Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission may have changed the path of a natural celestial body for the first time.

The successful strike on the rock Dimorphos, which was 11 million miles from Earth, took place on Monday 10 months after launching from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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