NASA Hits Asteroid In Historic Test

Passing a historic test of humanity's ability to stop a celestial body from destroying life on Earth

a NASA spacecraft collided with an asteroid

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seven million miles away on Monday to divert its orbit

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The Dual Redirection Test (DART) Collider struck its target

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the space rock Demorphos, at 7:14 p.m. ET (2314 GMT)

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10 months after blasting off from California on its groundbreaking mission.

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