Gizmodo.com July 22, 2026 • 14:10

China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26 - Gizmodo

By Passant Rabie

The planned planetary defense test would hit harder than NASA's DART mission.

Following the success of NASA’s DART mission, Chinese researchers are planning a new planetary defense test that they claim is bolder and better adapted to protecting Earth from hazardous asteroids.
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