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It a danger to earth, and we are doing this now when we don�*t have to do in order to develop the capability to deflect an asteroid if we ever should need to in the future. mission control: three, two, one... and lift off, of the falcon 9 and dart. the spacecraft launched last year and has travelled nearly 7—million miles. after the end of the first stage, you see those - engines coming to life... now it�*s nearing its destination. its target is a small space rock called dyomorphus that�*s orbiting a larger one. travelling at 1a,000 mph, the spacecraft will crash into dimorphus, giving...

The idea is find out how hard it would be to stop a future asteroid smashing into earth. today�*s demonstration is taking place 7—million miles away, and nasa has given assurances that the asteroid in question is not on a path to hit our planet. here�*s our science editor, rebecca morelle. it�*s the stuff of hollywood — an asteroid threatening to wipe out the earth and a mission to stop it, like in the film, armageddon. but now, nasa is turning science fiction into science fact. they are about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to try and change its path. this space rock poses no...

But it's a chance to show how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. the double asteroid redirection test is, first and foremost, a test. it is a test of an asteroid that is not a danger to earth. there is nothing we can do to it that will make it a danger to earth, and we are doing this now when we don't have to do in order to develop the capabilities to deflect an asteroid if we ever should need to in the future. three, two, one... and lift off, of the falcon 9 and dart. the spacecraft launched last year and has travelled nearly seven million miles. after the first stag...

To govern this nation we will do so on everybody�*s behalf. we will do it for all italians, with a clear objective of uniting the people, of underlining what unites it rather than what divides it. nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how to stop a space rock from hitting earth. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. how quickly things can change in the world of sport. a year after that memorable run to the euro is a final gareth southgate says he faces losing his england job if results don't go his way up the upcoming world cup. england have failed to win...

Million wimiles away. they will attempt to determine if the collision can alter the path of an asteroid in space. >> the goal is for the technology to one day be used to save humanity if a space rock were ever to threaten to hit our planet. let's discuss with an astro physicist an host of the outrageous act of science show. always great to see you. what do you have make of this? do you think it's going to work? >> good morning. i sure hope it's going to work. whatever the military creates a new weapon, they have to test it before they deploy it. so we've been concentrating on finding the objec...