LIFTOFF!🚀The #DartMission has successfully begun its nearly one-year journey to crash into a distant asteroid as a test of #PlanetaryDefense. More good news: There’s still time to become a #PlanetaryDefender! Take the quiz to earn your official badge at bitly.com/planetarydefen… twitter.com/NASA/status/14… https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1463393806875705348

Become a #PlanetaryDefender!

Take a five-question quiz on the #DARTMission to test your knowledge on the world’s first planetary defense test mission, earn your certificate and share it online: http://bitly.com/planetarydefender

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LIFTOFF!🚀The #DartMission has successfully begun its nearly one-year journey to crash into a distant asteroid as a test of #PlanetaryDefense. More good news: There’s still time to become a #PlanetaryDefender! Take the quiz to earn your official badge at bitly.com/planetarydefen… twitter.com/nasa/status/14… https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1463393806875705348

Be sure to join our virtual NASA social for the DART launch: facebook.com/events/4826827… Become an official #PlanetaryDefender: dart.jhuapl.edu/Planetary-Defe… And learn more about DART, asteroids, and the science that is searching out their secrets: solarsystem.nasa.gov pic.twitter.com/bOHU6xT2Le https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1463288062339796992

Be sure to join our virtual NASA social for the DART launch: facebook.com/events/4826827… And become an official #PlanetaryDefender: dart.jhuapl.edu/Planetary-Defe… https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1462870136310755328

Our Planetary Defense experts are on the job to find & track asteroids. This month, they'll launch the #DARTMission to test asteroid deflection technology. This asteroid is of NO threat to Earth.

Do you have what it takes to be a #PlanetaryDefender? https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Planetary-Defender/

Did you pass the #PlanetaryDefender test? Show us photos and videos with your certificate and you might see yourself on NASA TV!