NASA Psyche Mission to Explore Metallic Asteroid

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NASA Psyche Mission Asteroid Psyche Metal-rich asteroid Building blocks of the solar system Solar electric propulsion Planetary science Space exploration

The NASA Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid Psyche is thought to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. The mission will use a high-powered solar electric propulsion spacecraft to orbit Psyche for 21 months, mapping it and studying its properties.

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