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NASA Wants an International Fleet of Spacecraft to Monitor Asteroid Flyby
Asteroid Apophis is scheduled for a brief rendezvous with Earth and NASA is hoping to get a good view of the close encounter in order to prepare for potentially hazardous visits by other rocky bodies.
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What to Expect If NASA’s DART Spacecraft Misses the Asteroid
NASA’s DART spacecraft is on track to hit a non-threatening asteroid today at 9:14 a.m. AEST, in what is an important demonstration of a planetary defence strategy. But space is hard, and DART, travelling at 24,140 km per hour, could whiz past the 158.50 m-wide object. Here’s what would happen should that unlucky scenario arise.
