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Galactic grand slam: NASA's Dart crashes into asteroid
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A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.3 million kilometers) away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the space rock at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). 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.
Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/nasa-dart-spacecraft-hits-asteroid/507-6d3c7598-e087-423c-8387-58aa63317c69