European spacecraft to investigate how to knock killer asteroids off course

A European spacecraft has set off on a two-year journey to investigate whether killer asteroids can be knocked off course.

The 400 million dollar Hera spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on board a SpaceX rocket.

Giles Gibson has more from Brussels.

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