Browsing: asteroid-deflecting mission

The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) took place some 11 million km from Earth. NASA’s Dart programme scientist, Dr Tom Statler, also had a word of caution about drawing too many conclusions from the experiment. Scientists have now confirmed that the orbit of a 160m-wide (520 ft) space rock known as Dimorphos was altered when the Dart probe struck it head on last month.

China’s space agency has revealed ground-breaking ideas to deflect asteroids from colliding with the Earth. This potential new mission might…