NASA Details Historic DART Mission That Crashed Into Asteroid

The purpose of the mission was to test the ability to protect Earth from potential planet-killing asteroids in the future.

When the NASA DART spacecraft made a kamikaze-like crash into an asteroid last month, NASA knew it had hit a bullseye.

Now the space agency says the data is in and DART's collision with the Dimorphos asteroid is a total success. 

"For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a planetary body," said Lori Glaze, director of the ay Science Division (PSD) of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.