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NASA and SpaceX Will Crash a Satellite Directly Into an Asteroid Next Week: Testing to see if it can redirect the rock.

There are live briefings, virtual launch opportunities and even a planetary defense campaign.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will be carrying NASA's first planetary defense test mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Expert Worried About Potential Cosmic Threat in The Wake of NASA’s Project to Attack Asteroid

Senator Gary Peters says an asteroid strike is among the ‘unique threats to national security’

>> na . >> reporter: an asteroid threatens earth, astronauts, the military, and even oil rig drillers try to save mankind. some cities dont make it, but in the end, the planet survives. a hollywood ending which nasa is hoping to make a reality with its first planetary defense test mission. scientists say they have identified the kilometer-wide asteroids like those shown in the blockbusters and there is no danger of them hitting earth in the coming centuries. but nasa says it wants to study what ...

In the end the planet survives. a hollywood ending which nasa is hoping to make a reality with its first planetary defense test mission. scientists say they have identified the kilometer wide asteroids like those shown in the block busters, and there are no darngers of them hitting earh in the coming centuries. but nasa says it wants to study what could be done if an earth threatening asteroid is discovered. on wednesday it will launch a mission called dart, the double asteroid redirection test,...

"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.

Final rehearsals for NASAs planetary defence test are already underway. The one-of-a-kind mission, which will launch next week, is set to intentionally crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to deflect its path. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will attempt to hit the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos.

SpaceX and NASA DART are joining hands in crashing a spacecraft to an asteroid to change its course and Musk reacts with a meme.