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IMPACT: NASA DART mission successfully collides with asteroid

For the first time, a NASA spacecraft, DART, was purposefully slammed into an asteroid in order to change the small body’s orbital period.

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NASA smashes spacecraft into asteroid at 14,000 mph to see if it changes direction

The US$325M mission was the first attempt to shift the position of an asteroid, in preparation for the day one might be on course to hit Earth

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WATCH: NASA s DART spacecraft crashes into an asteroid in humanity s first-ever test of planetary defense

WATCH: NASA s DART spacecraft crashes into an asteroid in humanity s first-ever test of planetary defense
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WATCH! Final moments from NASA s DART Mission, spacecraft rams into asteroid in first ever planetary defense test

Telescopes around the world and in space aimed at the same point in the sky to capture the spectacle.

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Watch replay: NASA spacecraft hits its target -- a rocky asteroid 7 million miles away

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 14,000 mph.

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