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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?

NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the ...
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NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars on May 15: Here's what to expect

NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red ...

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Just Got An Assist From Mars On The Way To Its Asteroid Namesake

Its target asteroid could give us insight on how Earth's core came to be.

NASA spacecraft to fly past Mars on voyage to rare metal asteroid

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past Mars on Friday, on its way toward a rare metal-rich asteroid.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of ...

Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA

The asteroid's expected distance from the Earth is several times greater than that of Bulgaria – a country that, in no way ...

NASA's Psyche probe nears Mars for gravity boost en route to metal-rich asteroid

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and ...

How Bits Of Asteroid Ryugu Were Shipped To NASA?

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
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NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid

Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) ...
Scientific American

NASA’s Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs ...
Tech Times

NASA’s Psyche Completes Mars Gravity Assist at 12,333 mph, Bound for Metal Asteroid in 2029

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,800 miles of Mars on Friday, May 15, using the planet’s gravitational pull to ...