#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid

#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid

“#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid” NASA has launched the world’s first “full-scale mission” to test asteroid-deflecting technology in hopes of protecting Earth from potential “Armageddon.” The space agency said in a statement the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) lifted off late Tuesday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vanderberg Space…

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#Russia shoots down satellite in ‘debris-generating event’: US Space Command

#Russia shoots down satellite in ‘debris-generating event’: US Space Command

“#Russia shoots down satellite in ‘debris-generating event’: US Space Command” Newly released NASA recordings capture the dramatic moment the crew of the International Space Station was ordered to seek shelter as debris from an exploded Russian satellite closed in on the orbiting craft.  “Hey Mark, good morning,” Houston Mission Control woke up flight engineer Mark…

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