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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to launch on 24 November and will smash into the asteroid Dimorphos

Does nasa have a plan to deal with it? tom foreman is joining us in our virtual studio to explain. >> reporter: the idea is let's go capture an asteroid. they've already identified a couple candidates, and it will begin like this, a powerful rocket will launch what they call the asteroid redirect vehicle. this is a robotic spacecraft driven far off into space by the most powerful solar propulsion system we have ever seen on this earth. it will be amazing accomplishment. no, we won't go past the stars, this gives you a sense of movement, but many hundreds of thousands of miles looking for a ver...