
NASA will launch mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
CNN
A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23. NASA will test its asteroid deflection technology in September 2022 to see how it impacts the motion of a near-Earth asteroid in space.
The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT (1:20 a.m. ET) on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Live coverage of the event will air on NASA TV and the agency's site.

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