Watch NASA's DART spacecraft crash into an asteroid

If everything goes as planned, NASA's DART probe will collide with an asteroid at 7:14 p.m. EST. NASA designed the world's first planetary defense system to prevent future asteroid collisions with Earth. Read more: https://wapo.st/3BQejyW. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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