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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name of NASA’s first planetary defence test mission?
A
DASH
B
SpaceX
C
ASTRO
D
DART
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -DART successfully slammed into Dimorphos on Sept. 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT (2314 GMT) in what the U.S. space agency has billed as the world’s first planetary defense test.

Detailed explanation-2: -NASA’s first test mission for planetary defense, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat.

Detailed explanation-3: -The DART spacecraft streamed these images from its DRACO camera back to Earth in real time as it approached the asteroid.

Detailed explanation-4: -DART is NASA’s first spacecraft mission developed to achieve planetary defense objectives and the first mission being flown by NASA’s newly formed PDCO.

Detailed explanation-5: -DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

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