Gold rush! NASA Asteroid Psyche Mission back from the dead
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NASA’s Asteroid Psyche Mission to a metal-rich asteroid has been finally given the go ahead. Here’s what the space agency said.
In a dramatic turn of events, NASA has finally given the go ahead for the launch of the Psyche Mission to the metal-rich asteroid. Earlier this year, the space agency missed the 2022 launch window for the mission, citing late delivery of the spacecraft's software and testing equipment. According to NASA, the agency did not get sufficient time to carry out the testing of the equipment which led to NASA missing the launch window for the mission, which ended on October 11. Now, NASA has resurrected the mission with a launch window slated for next year.According to a NASA blog, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate...