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NASA Set To Crash Spacecraft Into Asteroid At 15,000 MPH In Effort To Change Its Course<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA announced Monday that it will crash a spacecraft into an asteroid as part of an experiment designed to prevent dangerous asteroids from hitting Earth.<\/p>\n

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will launch Nov. 23 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and, using a process known as a kinetic impactor technique, deploy a rocket to hit an asteroid at a speed of 15,000 mph and alter its trajectory, according to NASA.<\/p>\n

The test\u2019s obejective is to analyze possible solutions to prevent an asteroid from hitting Earth, and it is NASA\u2019s first mission to test planetary defense technology, according to the space agency.<\/p>\n

It will target an asteroid system known as Didymos. The two asteroids are not a threat to Earth but will pass close enough to the planet to conduct the test, according to NASA. (RELATED: Asteroid Flew \u2018Close\u2019 To Earth, Estimated To Be Same Size As Great Pyramid Of Giza)<\/p>\n

DART will launch toward Didymos using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA\u2019s statement said according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX's launch of the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is planned for Nov. 24 at 1:20 a.m. ET on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.<\/p>\n

Press release: https:\/\/t.co\/nSLLmxfo8s<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KSSNHa9DLX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n