NASA’s journey to uncover the secrets of asteroid 16 Psyche comes as its prepares to receive a sample of another asteroid and study another close-up.
the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.In two weeks one of the highest profile space missions for years will launch from Florida.
The launch window for NASA’s Psyche mission opens on Thursday, Oct. 5 and will see spacecraft set on a trajectory to one of the most exciting objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, as well as NASA’s journey to uncover the secrets of 16 Psyche—one of the most metallic objects ever observed and possibly the core of a baby planet—the space agency has three other asteroid-related landmarks coming up this season.
“NASA has invested in multiple missions that are focused on the richly diverse populations of asteroids and the unique roles that each of those populations can play in telling the story of our solar system’s history,” Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Sciences Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, in a press briefing. “Three of those missions are having big milestones this fall in what we’re calling ‘asteroid autumn.’”Artist’s concept of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.
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