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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. na...

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 ...

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 a...