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Generate QuizWhich mission performed the first asteroid deflection test by kinetic impact in 2022?
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- DART
- Lucy
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Answer: DART
NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) successfully impacted Dimorphos in September 2022, altering its orbit around Didymos, proving planetary defense capability.