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NASA's Psyche spacecraft uses Mars gravity assist for asteroid mission

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NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully utilized Mars for a gravity assist maneuver, altering its trajectory and conserving fuel for its journey to the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche. The spacecraft passed within 2,800 miles of Mars, exceeding the orbital distance of its moons. This maneuver is crucial for Psyche's six-year, 2.2-billion-mile mission to study the asteroid, which scientists believe may be the core of an early planetesimal, offering insights into planetary formation. AI

RANK_REASON Spacecraft maneuver for scientific exploration mission. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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NASA's Psyche spacecraft uses Mars gravity assist for asteroid mission

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Mariella Moon) ·

    NASA's Psyche spacecraft just got an assist from Mars on the way to its asteroid namesake

    Its target asteroid could give us insight on how Earth's core came to be.

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