Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

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“The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program to help them know what was coming, but we do."

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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.

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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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Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid’s orbit.

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

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Though the impact was immediately obvious — Dart’s radio signal abruptly ceased — it will be days or even weeks to determine how much the asteroid’s path was changed.

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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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“No, this is not a movie plot,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tweeted earlier in the day.

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