NASA Spacecraft Is About To Deliberately Hit An Asteroid "Head-On" At 15,000 Mph

Detroit MI

26 September, 2022

12:55 PM

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CBS Detroit September 26, 2022 NASA shifts into Earth defense mode tonight, with a mission that is part science and part science fiction. A spacecraft will complete a 10-month flight through the solar system, and intentionally collide with a harmless asteroid. It's a test for a potential real threat far in the future. Back in November, NASA launched Earth's first planetary defense mission, called DART – the first, unless you include Hollywood. In the 1998 sci-fi thriller "Armageddon," our planet's in big trouble, the bullseye for a Texas-sized asteroid. Earth's only defense? Bruce Willis. Click https://www.cbsnews.com/video/... for a CBS News video report. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.