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NASA crashes spaceship into asteroid in first ever test to defend Earth

The Hollywood blockbuster feat was part of a real-life mission that could protect humanity.

Daily Record

How a Canberra space station played an essential role in NASA's DART asteroid mission

As the world watched NASA complete the globe's first full-scale planetary defence test, few knew the crucial role played by a team on the outskirts of Australia's national capital.

ABC News

Science & Technology: NASA's DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid

The DART mission aims to shift an asteroid's orbit through kinetic impact, in order to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat, according to NASA. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Astronaut takes picture of 'angel' created by Russia from the International Space Station

A tech expert for the CNET website compared it to an "angelic figure, wings spread, ascending toward orbit"

Irish Mirror

Irish space experts confirm exact time International Space Station will be visible tonight

Astronomy Ireland says this beautiful site in the night sky will be the €100 billion International Space Station with 10 astronauts on board whizzing by

Irish Mirror

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid out of the way, rather than blowing it up.

The Hindu

'A New Era': NASA Strikes Asteroid in Key Test of Planetary Defense

A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos,…

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Jupiter makes closest approach to Earth in 59 years

Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth in 59 years and can be observed with a binoculars.

The Hindu

Astronaut on space station takes picture of 'angel' created by Russia

Astronaut Cristoforetti will soon take on the role of commander of the International Space Station

Wales Online

Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid in successful test of defence technology

The aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them

Wales Online

NASA successfully launches DART spacecraft into asteroid to see if it can change its course

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test [DART] is a world-first full-scale mission to trial technology for protecting Earth from potential asteroid collisions.

ABC News

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

The mission was devised to determine whether a spacecraft is capable of changing the trajectory of an asteroid through sheer kinetic force

The Hindu

NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid approximately 6.8 million miles from Earth in a test to determine if the impact can nudge the space rock slightly off course.

Tribune News Service

Nasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test

Bid to change asteroid’s course marks ‘new era of humankind’ as agency seeks to protect Earth from future disaster

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NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

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NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid approximately 7 million miles from Earth in a test to determine if the impact can nudge the space rock slightly off course.

France 24

NASA's DART mission successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

Inverse

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully crashed itself into an asteroid

This is NASA’s first major step to keeping us safe from killer asteroids.

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NASA successfully crashes satellite into asteroid in world-first planetary defense test

The technology could one day be used to defend Earth from hazardous asteroid or comets.

The Guardian - US

‘Basically a bullseye’: Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid to test Earth’s defenses – as it happened

Space agency conducts Dart mission to learn whether asteroid’s trajectory can be diverted away from Earth

ABC News

NASA DART mission: Spacecraft crashes into asteroid in world-first trial — as it happened

NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid in a world-first full-scale mission to trial technology for protecting Earth from potential collisions.

The Guardian - AU

Senate backlash to public hearing threshold – as it happened

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Tribune News Service

NASA spacecraft poised to hit asteroid Monday

A NASA spacecraft is set to collide with an asteroid Monday and the space agency is inviting spectators to watch.

Benzinga

'Don't Look Up!' NASA To Kamikaze Spacecraft Into Comet Monday Evening

In the 2021 Netflix film “Don’t Look Up” two astronomers discovered a previously unknown comet expected to impact the Earth in about six months and was large enough to cause a planet-wide extinction event.

Al Jazeera

NASA spacecraft collides with asteroid in planetary defence test

In world’s first attempt to change direction of an asteroid, scientists hope method can prevent collisions with Earth.

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