Asteroid\'s Moon that NASA Will Crash a Spacecraft Into Gets New Name

Asteroid's Moon that NASA Will Crash a Spacecraft Into Gets New Name
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Asteroid's Moon that NASA Will Crash a Spacecraft Into Gets New Name

Asteroid's Moon that NASA Will Crash a Spacecraft Into Gets New Name

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is the first planetary defense test to try to alter an asteroid's motion.

After decades of being unofficially called "Didymos B," the space rock gets a new name.

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