The Psyche mission is the first time the space agency has sent a probe to a world primarily made of metal, rather than rocks and ice.
A NASA JPL mission launched Friday, marking a space exploration milestone: the Psyche mission is the first time the space agency has sent a probe to a world primarily made of metal, rather than rocks and ice.
But because the metal core lies so far beneath the mantle and crust of such planets, they're difficult to measure and study directly. By sending the probe, scientists hope to confirm their theory that Psyche is in fact the core of an early planet and determine how old it is.
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