Page 109 - Double Asteroid Redirection Test News Today

A NASA spacecraft closed in on an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

The DART mission will crash into the space rock at 7:14 p.m. ET, but a live stream of images captured by the spacecraft is available as of 6 p.m. ET.

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

In a scene straight out of Bruce Willis' movie "Armageddon", NASA will be attempting to blow up an asteroid tonight - and you can watch along online.

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

Mission will seek to prove that Earth can be saved from Armageddon

NASAs DART successfully crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid at 7:14pm ET. This is the first attempt of a planetary defense test and teams erupted into an applause upon confirmation.

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

The US space agency’s test of Dart as an asteroid shield was the result of a judgement call in the face of an unlikely shock. Fed policy may also be more prudential than it’s given credit for

Laurel (United States) (AFP) - NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid