The American space agency NASA today launched a rocket in the first mission that will try to divert the path of an asteroid.
The rocket was launched from the US state of California, from the Vandenberg base.
The test mission called DART is carried out with the help of the Falcon 9 rocket of the SpaceX company.
NASA broadcast live footage of the launch at 06.21:XNUMX (GMT).
With this mission, NASA will test technology that could one day deflect an asteroid off course.
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