NASA DART mission live: Spacecraft to smash into target asteroid today
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NASA's DART spacecraft is all set to collide with its target asteroid Dimorphos today. September 26. Know when and where you can watch the NASA DART mission live today.
You might wonder what would happen if any of the asteroids which frequently fly past Earth at close distance, actually hit the planet some day. Well, NASA has already made preparations for that. NASA is readying itself to potentially defend the planet against a very similar threat that is posed by rogue asteroids. A NASA mission has been in the works for a long time to deflect an asteroid off its collision course with Earth by smashing a spacecraft into it. The mission is named Double Asteroid Detection Test or DART, which is all set to take place today...