NASA personnel will host a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) planetary defence system - whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth.

The DART lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last November in a US$330-million project.

DART is essentially a test of the centre’s ability to defend our planet against future asteroids and other Earth-bound debris. It will deliberately slam head-on at 24,139 kilometres per hour into Dimorphos, an asteroid that measures 160 metres across.

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