In NASA's latest mission, known as DART, a spacecraft hit an asteroid. On purpose. CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the implications of the successful effort.
Looking Skyward: Latest NASA mission makes sci-fi stories real
![This illustration depicts NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/33ce4bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/985x554+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F83%2F2b%2F824861f14b6a9628aed9de8a81f3%2Fdart-2.jpg)
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