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HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Southland residents could get an impressive pre-holiday aerial light show the night of Nov. 23 when Hawthorne-based ...

Southland residents could get an impressive pre-holiday aerial light show tomorrow night when Hawthorne-based SpaceX attempts to launch a NASA planetary-defense mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc along the California central coast.

NASA is set to launch DART, a spacecraft specifically designed to crash into an asteroid to demonstrate a planetary defense technique.

NASAs mission DART will test our ability to redirect an asteroid by quite literally crashing into it — but the spacecraft will also test a new type of propulsion system for the agency.

Southland residents could get an impressive pre-holiday aerial light show tomorrow night when Hawthorne-based SpaceX attempts to launch a NASA planetary-defense mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc along the California central coast.

The DART mission will mark the first time humans have interfered in the orbital dynamics of the solar system.

Launching later this month, the DART mission will help understand how to redirect future Earth-threatening asteroids — it will also fundamentally change humans’ relationship with our solar system

"NASA will intentionally crash the DART spacecraft into an asteroid to see if that is an effective way to change its course" SpaceX Tweeted.On Saturday, SpaceX announced that it has completed a static fire test and targeting November 23 as the launch date of NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). 📲 SpaceX Completes Static Fire Test, Gears Up for the Launch of Falcon 9 for Asteroid Redirect Mission.

Uniindia: Washington, Nov 20 (UNI/Sputnik) NASA and SpaceX set Tuesday night as a launch date for a spacecraft designed to hit an asteroid and test if it is an effective way to respond to such threats.

NASA and SpaceX set Tuesday night as a launch date for a spacecraft designed to hit an asteroid and test if it is an effective way to respond to such threats.Targeting Tuesday, November 23 at 10:21 pm PT (Pacific Time) for Falcon 9s launch of NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), SpaceX ..