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The NASA mission will test devices that could stop a future asteroid impact with earth.

It's humanity's first-ever "planetary defense test."

A NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid Monday, and its all in the name of planetary protection.

The event will be the agency's first full-scale demonstration of deflection technology that can protect the planet.

Watch NASA's DART spacecraft crash into the asteroid Dimorphos as part of a planetary defence test from 7:30am AEST, on 27 September / 5:30pm US EDT on 26 September.

The DART test is an attempt to learn to divert space rocks that could endanger our planet

The event will be the agency's first full-scale demonstration of deflection technology that can protect the planet.

The event will be the agency's first full-scale demonstration of deflection technology that can protect the planet.

The asteroid system poses no threat to Earth, NASA officials have said, making it a perfect target to test out a kinetic impact -- which may be needed if an asteroid is ever on track to hit Earth. A live stream of images captured by the spacecraft will be available on NASA's website beginning at 5 p.m.

NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid, and you can watch events live beginning at 6PM Eastern..