NASA team to fly to space to 'save' Earth from asteroid

A NASA team will fly to space to investigate a giant asteroid and deflect it if it's on collision course with Earth.
Major Tim Peake, a British astronaut is part of a NASA team due to fly to investigate one of the cosmic rocks by the mid-2020s.

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