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It's always best to be prepared, especially when it comes to asteroids.

Scientists want to know if smashing the DART spacecraft into the Dimorphos asteroid system at 15,000 miles per hour could protect our planet from possible future impacts.

In a tweet, NASA mentioned how the mission will test crash a spacecraft into an asteroid heading towards Earth, preventing the asteroid from colliding

NASA is preparing for the launch of its DART mission, which will evaluate methods of averting a potentially hazardous asteroid from colliding with Earth.

From both the “What could possibly go wrong?” and the “Science fiction becomes reality” files comes word that NASA has officially announced the launch date for a mission to attempt to deflect an asteroid from its path as a test of technology that may one day be needed to save Earth from a meteor or... Read more »

The NASA Asteroid Deflection mission involves a spacecraft named DART to launch off to space in late November to deflect an enormous asteroid.

DART delayed to November launch as environmental testing begins February 19, 2021 NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window as it begins thermal and environmental testing. The new launch date of November 24, 2021 is a delay from an original target of July 21. DART is NASA’s first planetary defense demonstration, planned to change an asteroid’s orbit by a kinetic impact. DART is a simple technology demonstrator which will attemp...

Nasa delays launch for DART asteroid impact test Nasa has chosen a later launch window for testing its first flight demonstration for planetary defence against the threat of asteroid impact. Dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mission aims to shift an asteroid’s orbit through kinetic impact, in September 2022. Basically, impacting a spacecraft into the smaller member of the binary asteroid system Didymos – classed as a near-Earth potential hazard – to change its orbit...