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Officer, responsible for mapping thousands of near-earth asteroids, seen here in blue, that could threaten earth. so far, 10,000 seem big enough to cause a calamity if they were to hit our planet. in 2013, a small asteroid, roughly 60 feet across, exploded over russia, injuring more than 1600 people. >> if they were to impact, particularly in a populated area, it would be a natural disaster on the order of anything that we've ever dealt with. >> reporter: how vulnerable is the earth to one were these objects? >> if it's a large object, currently nothing to stop it. >> liftoff. >> reporter: nas...

Through a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, on sunday. the eight-year-old underwent brain surgery but he died tuesday. jackson's 1jured is expect to cov players, n wa, have offered to help pay the funeral costs will of the victims. we turn now to what sounds like the premise of a sci-fi movie. nasa today, in a first-of-its-kind mission launched a spacecraft named dart towards an asteroid hoping to nudge it off of its course. cbs' mark strassmann has the made-for-hollywood details. >> we're coming in hot! >> reporter: here's hollywood's plan when an asteroid threatens earth. >> you are g...

Head-on here. >> reporter: slowing the asteroid's orbit by about 1%, and push a hypothetical earth-brownd threat off target. >> a small nudge changes its position over time so the earth and the asteroid wouldn't be on a future collision course. >> reporter: no sizable asteroid seems remotely menacing for more than a century. mark strassmann, cbs news, laurel, maryland. >> brennan: still ahead, how a souvenir jacket led to an arrest in the january 6 breach at the capitol. several old spice and secret aerosol sprays are now being recalled. recalled. and australia's great barrier reef recovers. u...

Plus, dr. fauci on what you need to know to stay healthy and safe. >> you get vaccinated, and you get boosted. >> brennan: tragedy at sea: dozens of migrants are killed when their boat capsizes in the english channel. we'll have the latest. in a first-of-its-kind mission, nasa launches a spacecraft directly towards an asteroid, hoping to change its course. n.f.l. players step up: how pro football athletes from wisconsin are helping the families of the deadly christmas parade tragedy. and hoe for the holidays: how a program at one animal shelter is giving pets a second chance at a forever home....