NASA is launching a mission to the asteroid in 2022 in the hope of exploring what was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet. But a study has cast new light on its origins.
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NASA puts final pieces together for Psyche metal asteroid mission
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NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to send the Psyche spacecraft, shown in an illustration, to a distant metallic asteroid in 2022. Image courtesy of NASA
NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to send the Psyche spacecraft, illustrated in a 2017 image, to a distant metallic asteroid to determine its composition. Image courtesy of NASA/SSL Maxar Technologies
NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to send the Psyche spacecraft to a distant metallic asteroid of the same name, shown in an illustration. Image courtesy of NASA
ORLANDO, Fla., April 6 (UPI) NASA s Psyche asteroid spacecraft is coming together on schedule in California for an August 2022 launch from Florida to explore the giant hunk of metal that circles the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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