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The spacecraft, known as Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), is expected to collide with a 170-metre wide steroid named Dimorphos at 12:14 am UK time on 27 September.
Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.
This is the first attempt ever made to change an asteroid's trajectory.
The DART mission is set to crash on an asteroid in a few days, but before it reaches its destination, it has used Jupiter as a practice target.
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) probe will slam into an asteroid next week, and we'll get to watch the action live.