Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

Oct 11, 2022, 7:28pm UTC
https://apnews.com/d2441c59fb10e3956c4e6bfaf7c0d017 > CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. > The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.