13 July 2021, 08:07 pm (Photo : NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) This illustration shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. China is planning a rocket launch targeting an asteroid with a slim chance of hitting Earth. The planned rocket launch will make use of more than 20 of China's Long March 5 rockets to divert an asteroid named Bennu away from the planet. Specifically, scientists plan to use the rockets to push Bennu 6,000 off a fatal course. Scientists believe that a collision between Earth and Bennu will be cataclysmic. China Rocket Launch vs Bennu: What is Bennu