Exploring Psyche: NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Origins

2023-10-14 08:29:00
2023/10/14 16:29 (updated at 10/14 16:51) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched a probe from Florida to Psyche on the 13th. (Picture taken from twitter.com/NASAJPL) (Central News Agency, Washington, 13th, comprehensive foreign news reports) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a probe from Florida to the planet Psyche today. Scientists believe that this planet Asteroids are the remaining core of an ancient protoplanet, which may contain clues to the formation of the Earth. Archyde.com reported that the Psyche probe was folded in the cargo bay of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch vehicle and departed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. Center) launched into space, embarking on a planned space journey of 3.5 billion kilometers. The probe is regarding the size of a small truck and is expected to arrive at Psyche in August 2029. Since asteroids are primitive relics from the beginning of the formation of the solar system, NASA has recently carried out a series of missions to use unmanned probes to explore asteroids to find clues to the origin of the earth regarding 4.5 billion years ago. Today’s launch is the latest related mission. Psyche is the largest of several known metal-rich asteroids in the solar system. The distance between its two widest points is regarding 279 kilometers, and it is located on the outer edge of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. After the probe arrives at Psyche, it will orbit for 26 months and scan the asteroid with built-in instruments to measure its gravity, magnetism and composition. According to a mainstream hypothesis, Psyche is the internal remnant of a nascent planet that was once melted and frozen for a long time. This nascent planet broke apart due to impacts from other celestial bodies in the early stages of the formation of the solar system. Psyche is the first asteroid of its kind selected to be studied at close range by a detector. It is believed to be mainly composed of iron, nickel, gold and other metals. But scientists say the mission has nothing to do with space mining but to better understand how Earth and other rocky planets formed with molten metal at their cores. Earth’s current molten core is too deep and hot for humans to directly explore. This is the first time NASA has used the Falcon Heavy rocket to perform a dedicated launch mission, and it is also the first time this rocket has been used for an interstellar mission. (Translator: Zeng Yixuan/Verification: Zhang Zhengqian) 1121014 Central News Agency “First-hand News” app The text, pictures and videos on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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