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NASA Launches Psyche, a Mission to Explore a Metal Asteroid
The probe launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, beginning a six-year journey to one of the most enigmatic worlds in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. transcript A SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...
CNN1y
Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip to a metal world
NASA has launched its first mission to a mysterious world made largely of metal, on a journey to find out whether the asteroid is the exposed core of an early planetary building block from the ...
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Ex-NASA Astronaut Is Clear That The Mysterious Metal Orbs He Encountered Were Not Alien Craft. But What Exactly They Were Still Remains A Mystery.
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NASA’s Psyche mission to an unexplored metal world comes to a halt
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. NASA’s first ...
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This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal
NASA is about to launch a spacecraft on a nearly six-year journey to a strange asteroid that, unlike most space rocks, seems largely to be made of metal. "This will be our first time visiting a ...
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NASA’s Psyche mission will launch to an unexplored metal world this fall
MaxarASU/P. Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech The Psyche asteroid is so metal-rich, some scientists believe it’s the exposed core of a planetesimal, or a planet in the making that separated into layers.
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NASA to explore a metal asteroid that could be the core of a doomed planet
Two new missions selected by NASA Wednesday will help scientists understand the beginnings of our solar system. The missions -- called Lucy and Psyche and expected to launch in 2021 and 2023 ...
The Denver Post1y
NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first ...
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NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission will have a big impact on astronomy. Here's how
Related: NASA's Psyche probe will launch to a metal asteroid on Oct. 12 — and scientists are sneaking a peek at the target Possibly, 16 Psyche is made of material that formed really close to the ...
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NASA & SpaceX Are Going To Explore A Metal World!
NASA & SpaceX Are Going To Explore A Metal World! This week on the latest space news and updates, we're looking at a nuclear spaceship, Boeing gets their starliner ready for a test flight ...
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NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
Oct 13 (Reuters) - NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and believed by scientists to ...