Tuesday 23 November 2021

In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid

In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid

NASA is about to launch an unprecedented mission to knock an asteroid slightly off-course. In the first real-world test of a technique that could someday be used to protect Earth from a threatening space rock, a spacecraft is scheduled to blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, November 23 at 10:20 pm PST.

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