China is preparing to launch its first-ever asteroid deflection test mission, targeting the near-Earth asteroid 2016 WP8. The mission, set for December 2027, will utilize a kinetic impactor to alter ...
HELSINKI — China will aim to alter the orbit of a potentially threatening asteroid with a kinetic impactor test as part of plans for a planetary defense system. China is drafting a planetary defense ...
China’s proposed planetary defense mission would test the same kinetic impactor technique demonstrated by NASA’s DART mission. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Jon Emmerich STOCKHOLM, Sweden — China has identified ...
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