NASA launches mission to metal-rich asteroid Psyche

October 13, 2023 / 9:15 PM

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Sharjah 24 – AFP: A NASA spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday bound for Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps a new type of celestial body unknown to science.

Trailing a blue glow from its next-generation electric propulsion system and flanked by two large solar arrays, the van-sized probe should arrive at its destination in the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter, in July 2029.

NASA launches mission to metal-rich asteroid Psyche

Sharjah 24 – AFP: A NASA spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday bound for Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps a new type of celestial body unknown to science.

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