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SpaceX launched NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission designed to test a planetary defense technique.

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 spac...

NASA specialists will try to change the trajectory of an asteroid, which revolves around the Sun by "a fraction of a percent"

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

The spacecrafts mission is 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.

The spacecraft named "DART", made up in this case from the initials of the phrase "Double Asteroid Redirection Test" (a double asteroid redirection experiment), and it took off from California on a Falcon 9 rocket.

This technique could prove useful for altering the course of an asteroid years or decades before it bears down on Earth.

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) US space agency NASA is all set for a new era of laser services, after the mission was delayed for two years.

US space agency NASA is all set for a new era of laser services, after the mission was delayed for two years.NASAs Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is ready for launch on December 4. It will ride to space on a United Launch ...

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to test a new technique for deflecting potential asteroids launches this month. You can participate in the mission by testing your own planetary defense know-how in a fun online quiz.