16 Psyche

NASA is planning an exciting mission to explore a unique asteroid called 16 Psyche. This golf ball-shaped space rock orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, in the asteroid belt, at a distance of over 376 million kilometers.What makes 16 Psyche so special is that it's not your average asteroid. It's loaded with valuable metals like iron, nickel, and even gold. In fact, scientists believe this space rock is worth an astonishing $10,000 quadrillion! That's way more valuable than everything on Earth combined. If we could…

An illustration of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft.Illustration: NASAA NASA mission to explore one of the most intriguing objects in the asteroid belt is getting a second chance. The Psyche mission is now targeting a launch period in 2023 after missing its initial window this year due to development delays.NASA decided to go ahead with its Psyche mission following an internal review of the issues that led to its delay, the space agency announced on Friday. The mission is now targeting a new launch window that opens on October…