page_title: Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle
hierarchical_section_title: Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle
caption_attribution_description: English: What an HAIV might do during a mission.
context_page_description: A Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle is a spacecraft being developed by NASA to deflect dangerous Near Earth objects such as comets and asteroids that threaten colliding with Earth. HAIVs focus on utilizing powerful explosives, such as nuclear bombs, to achieve deflection by detonating on the surface of the NEO to change its trajectory away from Earth. This method of asteroid impact avoidance is intended to be used on dangerous NEOs detected within a short time frame before a possible impact event with Earth. The idea came about when asteroid detection improved. Since then, scientists and engineers have made a well thought out design for an HAIV.
context_section_description: A Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle (HAIV) is a spacecraft being developed by NASA to deflect dangerous Near Earth objects (NEOs) such as comets and asteroids that threaten colliding with Earth. HAIVs focus on utilizing powerful explosives, such as nuclear bombs, to achieve deflection by detonating on the surface of the NEO to change its trajectory away from Earth. This method of asteroid impact avoidance is intended to be used on dangerous NEOs detected within a short time frame (less than 5 years) before a possible impact event with Earth. The idea came about when asteroid detection improved. Since then, scientists and engineers have made a well thought out design for an HAIV.
caption: What an HAIV might do during a mission.
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