Watch as Nasa launches spacecraft bound to orbit Psyche asteroid
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Your support makes all the difference.Nasa launched a spacecraft bound to orbit the Psyche asteroid in a mission to improve our understanding of planetary cores and study the space rock's metallic structure.
On Friday 13 October the spacecraft left the Kennedy Space Centre and began a mission that will see it arrive at what is thought to be an ancient remnant of a protoplanet in 2029.
It would then orbit Psyche for 26 months, scanning the asteroid with instruments built to measure the asteroid’s gravity, magnetic proprieties and composition.
Psyche measures roughly 173 miles (279 km) across at its widest point.
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