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NASA has launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth

LOS ANGELES - A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday (Nov 23) from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. The DART spacecraft soared into the night sky at 10:21pm Pacific time on Tuesday (1:21am Eastern/6.21am...

All eyes were on Santa Barbara County as SpaceX launched NASA's planetary-defense mission from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

NASA on Wednesday launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid. The DART mission lifted off at 1.21 a.m. EST (11.51 a.m. India time), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA said in a statement.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from Ca...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, launched on Wednesday, could be the first to alter an asteroid’s path, a technique that may be used to defend the planet in the future.

The mission is a demonstration of the world’s first planetary defence system. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES — NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.

A NASA mission to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to demonstrate the worlds first planetary defence system, lifted off from its base at V...

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