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NASA launches $1.2bn Psyche asteroid mission

13 Oct 2023 Michael Banks
Psyche payload fitting
Heavy metal: Psyche will arrive at the metal-rich asteroid in 2029 following a 3.6 billion kilometre journey (courtesy: NASA)
NASA has launched a mission to study an unusually metal-rich asteroid dubbed 16 Psyche. Launched fro

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