Watch: Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Discusses NASA's Upcoming Double Asteroid Redirection Test

NASA is on a mission to keep the world safe.

On Monday, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, will intentionally crash into a near-Earth asteroid in the name of planetary defense.

Dawn Graninger, an Astrophysicist with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, joined the News On 6 team virtually on Monday to discuss the mission.