Inside scientists’ new plan to deflect asteroids away from Earth

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DART - the Double Asteroid Redirection Test - is set to launch in 2021. Using technology first designed for missile defense, scientists hope to slam their unmanned spacecraft into a large approaching asteroid to alter its speed and orbit.

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