NASA Begins Final Assembly of Spacecraft Destined for Asteroid Psyche

Posted on June 12, 2021 By Wormwood ProphecyComments Off on NASA Begins Final Assembly of Spacecraft Destined for Asteroid Psyche

Set to launch next year, the agency’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known as assembly, test, and launch operations is now underway. Over the next year, the spacecraft will finish assembly and undergo rigorous checkout and testing before it’s shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main asteroid belt…

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-begins-final-assembly-of-spacecraft-destined-for-asteroid-psyche

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NASA Begins Final Assembly of Spacecraft Destined for Asteroid Psyche

Set to launch next year, the agency’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known as assembly, test, and launch operations is now underway. Over the next year, the spacecraft will finish assembly and undergo rigorous checkout and testing before it’s shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main asteroid belt… https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-begins-final-assembly-of-spacecraft-destined-for-asteroid-psyche