NASA is soon to launch new missions into space. NASA named the mission as ‘Psyche Asteroid’ mission. This mission will be the first time NASA will observe a massive asteroid closely.
This asteroid is located between Mars and Jupiter. It revolves around the Sun at regular intervals. It is quite different in features from other takes. NASA’s interest in the asteroid grew because of its unique characteristics.
NASA has completed the development of a new satellite named Psyche to observe the metal-rich asteroid. NASA reports that many metals, including nickel, and iron, are located within the asteroid.
NASA thinks that if it is possible to collect these metals, they can be used for the benefit of humanity. The mission team is currently testing the spacecraft’s flight software. If all goes well, it will be launched in 2023.
Earlier, NASA thought that the mission could be launched in 2022. Later due to some issues, it was postponed till October 2023. NASA has made many changes to the mission plan.
A careful analysis of all the obstacles that may come in the way of successfully completing the mission is done. It was finally decided that the ‘Psyche Asteroid’ mission would be feasible.
Thomas Zurbuchen, the assistant administrator for NASA’s science missions in Washington, said that the dedication and hard work of everyone on the mission team got us this far today. I Hope Psyche will help us to get important information about the asteroid.
The success of this mission will be considered as one of the greatest achievements in human history. NASA is confident that it will be able to implement its plan and will have a lot of important information at the end of the mission.