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Bookmark or Share- Psyche (spacecraft) - WikipediaPsyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k i / SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023 to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. [8] NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project.
- Psyche - NASA SciencePsyche is a NASA mission to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid that has more metal than rock or ice. Psyche launched Oct. 13, 2023, at 10:19 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center.
- OSIRIS-REx - Science@NASAOSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect an asteroid sample in 2020, delivered the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
- Psyche - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system.
- NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in SpaceAnalysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first ...
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