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Collision with earth. it was launched from the vandenberg us space force base about 150 miles northwest of los angeles on a spacex owned falcon 9 rocket. rebecca morelle reports. it s a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn t pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we are doing this is in case we ever discover an asteroid actually headed towards earth. we want to know that we can use this technique to change its orbit so that it will not impact us. nasa is targeting a small asteroid called diomorphos, which is orbiting around a larger space rock. the spacecraft travelling at 13,000 miles an hour will fly into the small asteroid, leaving an impact crater up to 20 metres wide. but this should also give the rock a kick which will speed up its orbit. ....
Eleven million kilometres away. the object poses no threat to earth, but we ll have to wait ten months to find out if the missile hits the target. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. it s a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn t pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we are doing this is in case we ever discover an asteroid actually headed towards earth. we want to know that we can use this technique to change its orbit so that it will not impact us. nasa is targeting a small asteroid called diomorphos, which is orbiting around a larger space rock. the spacecraft travelling at 13,000 miles an hour will fly into the small asteroid, leaving an impact crater up to 20 metres wide. but this should also give the rock a kick which will speed up its orbit. and this can be monitored from the earth to see if it s worked. all you really ne ....
An asteroid off course. it s like something out of a movie. it s like something out of a movie. it is, but it is going to happen! we ll have to wait ten months to find out if the missile, called dart, hits the target. they re testing technology which may be needed if an asteroid is ever heading towards earth, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. it s a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn t pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we are doing this is in case we ever discover an asteroid actually headed towards earth. we want to know that we can use this technique to change its orbit so that it will not impact us. nasa is targeting a small asteroid called diomorphos, which is orbiting around a large space rock. the spacecraft travelling at 13,000 miles an hour will fly into the small asteroid, leaving an impact crater ....