asteroiddeflecting

NASA hit a bullseye in late September with DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which flew a spacecraft straight at the heart of a nearby asteroid. The one-way kamikaze mission smashed into the stadium-sized space rock and…

Issued on: 24/11/2021 - 03:47 NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid—a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from…

LOS ANGELES: A SpaceX rocket was set to blast off from California late Tuesday (Nov 23) as NASA seeks to demonstrate a first-of-its-kind planetary defence system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with…

A SpaceX rocket was set to blast off from California late Tuesday as NASA seeks to demonstrate a first-of-its-kind planetary defence system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. The DART mission…