Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team prepares for a targeted Oct.
5, 2023, launch to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroid, likely made largely of nickel-iron metal mixed with rock, could contain metal from the core of a planetesimal (the building block of an early rocky planet) and may offer a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created the terrestrial planets like Earth.
Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission.
