Psyche Mission

NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of Psyche Mission – NASA

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NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of Psyche Mission – NASA

NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities ahead of the launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. The Psyche spacecraft will travel about 2.2 billion miles to study a metal-rich asteroid of the same name. The asteroid, which lies in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may … Read more

Clues to Psyche Asteroid’s Metallic Nature Found in SOFIA Data – NASA

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Clues to Psyche Asteroid’s Metallic Nature Found in SOFIA Data – NASA

When the asteroid Psyche has its first close-up with a NASA spacecraft, scientists hypothesize they will find a metal-rich asteroid. It could be part or all of the iron-rich interior of a planetesimal, an early planetary building block, that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as it repeatedly collided with other large bodies during … Read more