NASA Launches Psyche Probe: Unveiling Secrets of Earth’s Formation

2023-10-14 08:47:16
(Archyde.com, Washington, 13th) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a probe from Florida today to the asteroid Psyche. Scientists believe that this asteroid is the remaining core of an ancient protoplanet. There may be clues to the formation of the Earth. The Psyche probe was folded into the cargo bay of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch vehicle and lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. , 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.Central News Agency (Translation) NASA launches probe to visit the planet Spirit to search for clues regarding the formation of the Earth
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