China announces plans for a new asteroid-deflecting mission - The Verge
4/25/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Mary Beth Griggs
by Mary Beth Griggs
China’s National Space Administration has a new plan for a planetary defense system. A potential test mission to redirect an asteroid would launch around 2025.
A test mission would launch around 2025 An illustration of NASAs DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos NASA Chinas space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocki… [+2461 chars]
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