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This week, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) lifted of from Vandenberg air force base. This mission is a test of a planetary defense system designed to protect the earth from potentially dangerous asteroids. It is supposed to move asteroid dimorphos, which poses no threat to earth, slightly off course.