Asteroid-deflecting spacecraft darts off to hunt down Dimorphos
In a bid to save humanity from the dinosaurs’ fate, Nasa launched the craft as a test to stave off potential disasters
24 November 2021 - 19:18
A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a Nasa mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defence system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth...
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