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NASA’s Psyche Mission Encounters Pressure Drop, Backup Systems on Standby
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, en route to a metal-rich asteroid, paused its thrusters after detecting a drop in xenon gas pressure. Engineers are investigating the issue while keeping the mission on track. Psyche will fly by Mars in 2026 before entering asteroid orbit in 2029.
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James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries Challenge Theories About Asteroid Psyche’s Origin
Recent findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have introduced new uncertainties about asteroid 16 Psyche. Known for its high iron content, Psyche was previously considered a potential remnant of a protoplanet, providing a valuable opportunity to study the early solar system. However, JWST has detected hydrated minerals on its surface, ...
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Year Ender 2023: Here's A Look Back At This Year's Most Pivotal Moments Of Space Exploration
Year Ender 2023: As the end of the year looms, here's a look back at the most important, fun and fascinating space stories from 2023.
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NASA Launches Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche
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 a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.
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NASA to Launch Mission To Asteroid Worth More Than All The Gold On Earth
The Psyche spacecraft is targeted to travel to the asteroid using solar-electric (low-thrust) propulsion, following a Mars flyby and gravity assist.
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NASA To Launch Psyche Mission To Study An Asteroid On This Date. Here's What To Expect
The goal of the mission is to study this space rock in great detail as it can tell us more about planetary cores and Earth's own formation.
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This Rare Asteroid May Make Everyone A Billionaire On This Earth
Each person would earn roughly several billion dollars if NASA were to retrieve this asteroid and divide it among the population.
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NASA'S 'Psyche' Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid That's Worth $10,000 Quadrillion
In order to explore an asteroid worth more than the global economy, NASA will launch the "Psyche" mission.
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NASA Puts Pysche Mission on Hold, Blames Late Delivery of Navigation Software
NASA has put an asteroid mission on hold blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission was supposed to launch this September or October. But the agency’s Jet Propulsion Lab was several months late delivering its software for navigation, guidance and control.
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Asteroid Psyche Maps Hint at a World of Metal and Mystery Ahead of NASA's August Mission
NASA plans to deploy its Psyche probe to study the asteroid belt in August, an area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remains of the early solar system circle the Sun. The probe will orbit and analyse Psyche's surface for two years to find clues about how early planetary bodies originated. Months ahead of the upcoming mission, a grou...
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NASA Selects Elon Musk's SpaceX for 2022 Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA has selected Elon Musk-run SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency's Psyche mission that would journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA Advances Launch of Mission to Explore 'Psyche' Metal Asteroid
Moving up the launch schedule and a revised trajectory will enable the probe to explore Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA Announces 2 Missions To Study Early Solar System
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system.
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Encounters Pressure Drop, Backup Systems on Standby
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, en route to a metal-rich asteroid, paused its thrusters after detecting a drop in xenon gas pressure. Engineers are investigating the issue while keeping the mission on track. Psyche will fly by Mars in 2026 before entering asteroid orbit in 2029.
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James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries Challenge Theories About Asteroid Psyche’s Origin
Recent findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have introduced new uncertainties about asteroid 16 Psyche. Known for its high iron content, Psyche was previously considered a potential remnant of a protoplanet, providing a valuable opportunity to study the early solar system. However, JWST has detected hydrated minerals on its surface, ...
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Year Ender 2023: Here's A Look Back At This Year's Most Pivotal Moments Of Space Exploration
Year Ender 2023: As the end of the year looms, here's a look back at the most important, fun and fascinating space stories from 2023.
-
NASA Launches Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche
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 a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.
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NASA to Launch Mission To Asteroid Worth More Than All The Gold On Earth
The Psyche spacecraft is targeted to travel to the asteroid using solar-electric (low-thrust) propulsion, following a Mars flyby and gravity assist.
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NASA To Launch Psyche Mission To Study An Asteroid On This Date. Here's What To Expect
The goal of the mission is to study this space rock in great detail as it can tell us more about planetary cores and Earth's own formation.
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This Rare Asteroid May Make Everyone A Billionaire On This Earth
Each person would earn roughly several billion dollars if NASA were to retrieve this asteroid and divide it among the population.
-
NASA'S 'Psyche' Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid That's Worth $10,000 Quadrillion
In order to explore an asteroid worth more than the global economy, NASA will launch the "Psyche" mission.
-
NASA Puts Pysche Mission on Hold, Blames Late Delivery of Navigation Software
NASA has put an asteroid mission on hold blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission was supposed to launch this September or October. But the agency’s Jet Propulsion Lab was several months late delivering its software for navigation, guidance and control.
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Asteroid Psyche Maps Hint at a World of Metal and Mystery Ahead of NASA's August Mission
NASA plans to deploy its Psyche probe to study the asteroid belt in August, an area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remains of the early solar system circle the Sun. The probe will orbit and analyse Psyche's surface for two years to find clues about how early planetary bodies originated. Months ahead of the upcoming mission, a grou...
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NASA Selects Elon Musk's SpaceX for 2022 Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA has selected Elon Musk-run SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency's Psyche mission that would journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA Advances Launch of Mission to Explore 'Psyche' Metal Asteroid
Moving up the launch schedule and a revised trajectory will enable the probe to explore Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA Announces 2 Missions To Study Early Solar System
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system.
