Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™

LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE

NASA spacecraft to test asteroid defence concept

Artist's impression of the DART spacecraft about to hit the asteroid

A NASA mission crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, to test whether it could be thrown off course. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, was launched as part of a $330 million project to determine whether Earth can be saved from rocks from space.


Published

By Deborah Groarke

Presented by Silvy Wantania

Source: SBS



Share this with family and friends


A NASA mission crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, to test whether it could be thrown off course. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, was launched as part of a $330 million project to determine whether Earth can be saved from rocks from space.


NASA has been busy in recent days, launching rockets into space.

First is James Webb's company, a $9 billion telescope designed to look into the past to understand how our solar system formed.

And now, there is DART which stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

 

Click on the image above to listen to this feature.

 


Listen to SBS Indonesian every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3 pm.

Follow us on Facebook and catch us on podcasts.


Latest podcast episodes

Follow SBS Indonesian

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS Indonesian News

Watch it onDemand

Watch now