Space

Nasa smashes spacecraft into asteroid in bid to change object’s course

Agency says Dart mission shows it is ‘very possible’ to save Earth from impact of an asteroid

Nasa has completed its first planetary defence system test by smashing a spacecraft into a distant asteroid in a bid to alter the celestial body's course.
Martin Wall Washington Correspondent
Tue Sept 27 2022 - 06:38

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