Psyche

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. NASA/Johns Hopkins/Handout via REUTERS
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NASA to launch Psyche mission next month to explore metal-rich asteroid

Psyche is set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at 10:38 am Eastern Time on 5 Oct from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern US state of Florida