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NASA launched its DART spacecraft in November of 2021 with the purpose of colliding with an asteroid about the size of a football stadium.

A Nasa spacecraft slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed early on Tuesday in the world's first test of planetary defence.

DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it marked the first time humanity had tried to deflect an object in space. It's a test to see how we'd defend Earth against asteroid impacts.

The livestream showed images taken by DART's camera as the cube-shaped "impactor" vehicle, no bigger than a vending machine with two rectangular solar arrays, streaked into the asteroid Dimorphos, about the size of a football stadium, at 23:14 GMT some 11 million km from Earth.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully showed that it is possible to crash a spacecraft into a small asteroid. Whether the approach could save Earth from a future threat remains to be seen.

Ten months after launch, NASAs asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the worlds first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth.

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a...

(Reuters) - Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth.