NASA has far-flung asteroid in crosshairs
Tonight, a robotic NASA spacecraft is programmed to ram itself into a distant asteroid at 14,000 mph in deep space to demonstrate the agency's future ability to defend Earth from hazardous space rocks.
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Tonight, a robotic NASA spacecraft is programmed to ram itself into a distant asteroid at 14,000 mph in deep space to demonstrate the agency's future ability to defend Earth from hazardous space rocks.
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