NASA’s Psyche uses Mars gravity assist on trek to metal-rich asteroid, shares Mars imagery
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft used a Mars gravity assist during a May flyby to accelerate on its six-year, 2.2-billion-mile journey to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, which it is expected to reach by 2029 to study Earth's core. NASA released new Mars images from about 2,800 miles above the surface, along with a timelapse video of the encounter.
- You can see Mars as rarely viewed in new NASA spacecraft photos USA Today
- Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts Scientific American
- Psyche Approaches Mars NASA (.gov)
- NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captured a Time-Lapse Video of its Mars Flyby Universe Today
- Mars’ desolate desert landscape captured by asteroid-bound NASA spacecraft Popular Science
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