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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
successfully completed its mission…

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…intentionally crashing into the small moon,
Dimorphos, of asteroid Didymos.

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Many telescopes observed this impact,
including the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb.

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These observations of the aftermath of the
crash show that DART was a resounding success.

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DART was a test
of asteroid deflection…

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…designed to alter the speed and path of
an asteroid by impacting it,
a key test of NASA's planetary defense strategy.

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Dimorphos is NOT a threat to Earth.
It helped NASA test the technology
that could protect us in the future.

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Hubble has a long history of
working with other NASA missions.

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Hubble observations revealed four new moons of Pluto,
helping the New Horizons mission plan its visit.

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Hubble discovered a Trojan asteroid’s moon
in support of the Lucy mission that will study those objects.

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Hubble observed Deep Impact’s collision
with Comet 9P/Tempel 1…

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…helping us understand the makeup of comets.

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Hubble will continue to explore
the diverse objects in our solar system…

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…so we may better know our own neighborhood.

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