This asteroid had no threat to Earth but the mission was a test on technology to see how it could protect the planet in the future.
SEE: NASA DART asteroid defense testLAUREL, Md. — NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in the world’s first planetary defense test Monday evening.
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