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Michael Bay Says Armageddon Predicted NASA's Asteroid Mission
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SpaceX sends NASA craft on collision course with asteroid to test concept of protecting Earth in case of future threat
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NASA launches DART probe into head-on collision course with asteroid
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NASA launches mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
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