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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into asteroid | USA TODAY

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NASA successfully crashed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos in its first planetary defense trial.

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NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday, marking a win for the agency's plan for when a devastating asteroid should ever threaten humanity.

The 1,260-pound Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or DART, collided with the estimated 11 billion pound, 520-foot long asteroid Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour close to 7 million miles from Earth.

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