Asteroid Defense Test

In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, sits during sunrise, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The A spacecraft is scheduled to launch Tuesday night on a collision course with an asteroid in the first test of whether Earth can be protected from a potentially disastrous impact by slightly altering the trajectory of a space rock. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP) CAHO201