Saturday, February 29, 2020

NASA Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch Psyche Metallic Asteroid Mission


NASA selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch Psyche mission to metallic asteroid in 2022. File photo from Falcon Heavy 2 launch.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
28 February 2020


Ken Kremer – - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM 

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- NASA has selected the heavy lift SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the agency’s Psyche mission on the first ever mission to a metallic asteroid.

Liftoff of the Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on the triple core Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read the entire story at Space UpClose:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/02/nasa-selects-spacex-falcon-heavy-to-launch-psyche-metallic-asteroid-mission/

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