NASA’s imminent Psyche mission is the first-ever to explore a metal-rich asteroid, said to be worth more than the global economy. Here are seven things to know about it.
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The first-ever mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid, NASA’s Psyche mission—due to launch on October 5 from Florida—is catching the imagination. Is it because it’s been said to be worth $10,000 quadrillion? Probably, but this mission will be worth watching for many other reasons. Not only will it beam back incredible images, but minutes after launch on a SpaceX Heavy vehicle two reusable rockets will return to Earth to land in tandem.
Here are seven things you didn’t know about NASA’s Psyche mission to the Psyche asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter:Psyche is the densest object in the solar system and from examining its light planetary astronomers think it’s primarily comprised of metals other than iron and nickel—possibly gold. That could make it the ancient, exposed core of a failed planet.
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