Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
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Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept In this image taken from NASA video, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, lifts off Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Simi Valley, Calif., after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from Simi Valley, Calif., after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, is seen ready for launch, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, sits during sunrise, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, sits during sunrise, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Photos: NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, sits during sunrise, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)