An upcoming NASA JPL mission is set to launch this August, and will mark a space exploration milestone: the Psyche mission will be the first time the space agency sends a probe to a world primarily made of metal, rather than rocks and ice.
The "metal-rich asteroid" the mission is targeting, Psyche, has intrigued scientists. They hope that by sending a spacecraft to get up close and personal with the asteroid, they can gather new information about the early days of planet formation.
How do planets form? A 'baby Jupiter' hundreds of light-years away offers new clues
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights .
How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own solar system .
China's orbiting astronauts answer US students' questions - Chinadaily.com.cn
Floating hundreds of kilometers above the Earth in an orbiting space station, the three astronauts, along with former NASA astronauts and aerospace experts on the ground, answered questions from US students.
There was a lot of curiosity about the Chinese space station and the astronauts' experiments in space, so the Chinese embassy decided to put together a Q&A session with Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, said Qin Gang, China's ambassador to the US.
#ICYMI: NASA's Psyche tested in spacelike conditions, @NASAHubble finds planet forming in unconventional way, and… https://t.co/L7qXOtBpBW NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Sun Apr 10 18:03:01 +0000 2022
To prepare for its August launch, #MissionToPsyche recently completed a gauntlet of tests to ensure it can operate… https://t.co/yTqXZG6DQp NASAJPL (from Pasadena, Calif.) Mon Apr 04 16:38:11 +0000 2022
To prepare for its launch in August, the #MissionToPsyche spacecraft underwent tests to ensure it can operate in th… https://t.co/i594zE8aSA NASASolarSystem (from Milky Way Galaxy) Mon Apr 04 16:13:35 +0000 2022
Make your own virtual visit to the asteroid Psyche at https://t.co/lXRr5TdUS6 https://t.co/LSiWeSe5Zg NASASolarSystem (from Milky Way Galaxy) Mon Apr 04 16:13:36 +0000 2022
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