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ASI?s LICIACube satellite acquired this image just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, after the Double Asteroid Redirect Test, or DART mission, purposefully made impact on Sep. 26, 2022. Didymos, Dimorphos, and the plume coming off of Dimorphos after DART impact are clearly visible. Credits: ASI/NASA

NASA's asteroid redirection spacecraft was a smashing success in 2022

14 December 2022

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed to change the orbit of the space rock Dimorphos, and it did so perfectly
SpaceX Crew Dragon

Mars rovers and crew capsules: Your guide to 2020 in space travel

18 December 2019

2020 will be a big year for space missions - download your cut-out-and-keep guide to everything happening in orbit and beyond
Car Upside Down

Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade

18 December 2019

Whether it was driverless cars, lab-grown meat or faster-than-light neutrinos, some things just didn't live up to the hype in the 2010s

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