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Apophis 2029 flyby gives NASA a rare planetary defense test

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is set to make an unusually close pass by Earth on April 13, 2029, but the important part is not ...

China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26

Scientists from the China National Space Administration outlined a plan to directly change an asteroid’s trajectory relative ...
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China plans to smash into an asteroid at 20,000 mph to test their planetary defense

Sometime before the end of the decade, a Chinese spacecraft could race toward a small asteroid at roughly nine kilometres per ...

China eyes first kinetic impact test for asteroid defense, targeting smaller and less predictable asteroids than NASA’s DART

China is studying an on-orbit kinetic impact test mission for planetary defense that would target a small near-Earth asteroid ...

China is Building an Asteroid Warning System: Could it Detect a Space Rock Headed for Earth?

China's state space agency announced a coordinated ground-and-space monitoring system for near-Earth asteroids on June 30, ...

China gears up for high-speed asteroid collision in landmark space test

The spacecraft will strike its target at around 9 kilometres per second, making it one of the fastest asteroid impact missions ever attempted. The mission, led by the China Nation ...
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Japan Space Probe Skims Asteroid in Test for Planetary Defense

A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for technology that could help protect the planet from space rocks. The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 was due to ...
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China prepares to hit asteroid using projectile with 26 times the speed of sound

According to the researchers, China’s planned mission goes beyond NASA’s DART demonstration by attempting ...