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On a thrilling hunt for its asteroid target, NASA DART Mission Spacecraft finally locks in

NASA's DART Mission spacecraft has got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, the moonlet Dimorphos. Here is all you need to know. Amid the news of NASA conducting the world's 1st planetary defence test on September 26 with its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, here is an update related to the spacecraft. The DART spacecraft recently got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos. According to the information provided by NASA, "on September 26, DART will intentionally crash into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet of Didymos. While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world's first test of the kinetic impact techn...