Bretrick
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NASA's one-way mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid has blasted off from California.
This mission is to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system by deflecting an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth.
The so-called DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft soared into the night sky from the Vandenberg US Space Force Base, about 150 miles north-west of Los Angeles.
The spacecraft will spend the next 10 months travelling to the target asteroid.
This mission is to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system by deflecting an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth.
The so-called DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft soared into the night sky from the Vandenberg US Space Force Base, about 150 miles north-west of Los Angeles.
The spacecraft will spend the next 10 months travelling to the target asteroid.
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