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NASA says asteroid mission was successful, altered orbit by 32 minutes
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NASA on Tuesday said its historic planetary defense mission was successful after a spacecraft that purposefully smashed into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos last month altered its orbit by 32 minutes. At a press conference, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team explained that before the impact, Dimorphos orbited a larger asteroid called Didymos in 11 hours and 55 minutes — after the strike, astronomers observed the orbital period is now 11 hours and 23 minutes. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson noted the DART mission captured the attention of the entire world and "felt like a movie plot." "But this was not Hollywood," Nelson said. "We showed the world that NASA is serio

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