SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission just 1 month away
NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch toward its metal-asteroid namesake atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 5.
Source: space.com
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NASA to Discuss Upcoming Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo Sept. 6
NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first to visit a metal-rich asteroid. Riding along with Psyche is a laser transceiver for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration.
Source: spacecoastdaily.com
American DART spacecraft collided with asteroid as part of experiment
The American spacecraft DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed in the world’s...
Source: sb.by
Asteroid Ryugu: Space rock sample brought to Earth has a strange dark colour
Last year, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and now the first analysis of the rock shows it has a primitive composition and a curiously dark colour
Source: newscientist.com
Martian 'blueberries' find a parallel on Earth
Martian ‘blueberries’ find a parallel on Earth Updated: Updated: Similar haematite concretions have been found in Kutch, Gujarat Share Article AAA Geochemistry: Investigations of the haematite concretions in the Jhuran formation (left) revealed the resemblance to the ones on Mars (right). | Photo Credit: NASA Similar haematite concretions have been found in Kutch, Gujarat In 2004, NASA’s Mars exploration rover ‘Opportunity’ found several small spheres on the planet, informally named Martian blueberries. Opportunity’s mini spectrometers studied the mineralogy and noted they wer...
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