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NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with an asteroid as part of a test to prepare the Earth for defensive measures against possible threats in the future.

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course.

The DART spacecraft has purposefully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, hopefully changing its orbit by a few minutes, in a milestone test of future planetary defense techniques

The test will help scientists learn how to stop catastrophic asteroid impacts.

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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In images streamed as the impact neared, the egg-shaped asteroid, called Dimorphos, grew in size from a blip on screen to have its full rocky surface come quickly into focus before the signal went dead as the craft hit, right on target.

After 10 months of flying in space, NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) -- the worlds first planetary defence technology demonstration -- successfully impacted its asteroid target, the agencys first attempt to move an asteroid in space.

Asteroids could potentially wipe out the human race, that is why NASA is sending out a rocket to collide with an asteroid as part of our planetary defence plan.

The latest Tweet by IANS India states, After 10 months of flying in space, #NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test -- the worlds first planetary defence technology demonstration -- successfully impacted its asteroid target, the agencys first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Photo: @NASA �� After 10 Months of Flying in Space, #NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test -- the ... - Latest Tweet by IANS India.