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The spacecraft, known as Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), is expected to collide with a 170-metre wide steroid named Dimorphos at 12:14 am UK time on 27 September.

Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.

This is the first attempt ever made to change an asteroids trajectory.

The DART mission is set to crash on an asteroid in a few days, but before it reaches its destination, it has used Jupiter as a practice target.

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) probe will slam into an asteroid next week, and well get to watch the action live.

Monday's crash will be a rare instance that NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash, and it will all unfold live on NASA's website.

Monday's crash will be a rare instance that NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash, and it will all unfold live on NASA's website.

Monday's crash will be a rare instance that NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash, and it will all unfold live on NASA's website.

Monday's crash will be a rare instance that NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash, and it will all unfold live on NASA's website.

Monday's crash will be a rare instance that NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash, and it will all unfold live on NASA's website.