NASA is planning to launch its Psyche spacecraft this week for a rendezvous with an asteroid, but at the current time it looks like the lift-off may be delayed.
NASA is planning to launch its Psyche spacecraft this week for a rendezvous with what’s believed to be a metal-rich asteroid, but unsettled weather around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida could delay the lift-off.
Recommended Videos Should the weather disrupt Thursday’s launch effort, the mission team has further opportunities through October 25 to send the spacecraft on its way. To reach the asteroid, the spacecraft will travel around 2.2 billion miles to a point between Mars and Jupiter in an epic voyage that will take almost six years.
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