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$10,000 Quadrillion Worth of Gold Is Orbiting Earth, Here’s Where It Is

In October 2023, NASA launched a mission toward 16 Psyche, a massive gold and metal-rich asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Estimated to hold precious metals worth around $100,000 quadrillion ...
Ars Technica

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unexplored metal-rich asteroid has reignited its plasma thrusters, continuing its cruise deeper into the Solar System after switching to a backup fuel line. The $1.4 ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Psyche Mission Suffers Strange Glitch on Its Way to a Metallic Asteroid

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an effort to understand the origins of Earth. Although it’s still a few years ...
Futurism

NASA Spacecraft Runs Into Thruster Trouble En Route to Zillion-Dollar Asteroid

NASA’s Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid — worth, according to some estimates, more than the Earth’s entire world economy — has hit a snag. On Tuesday, the space agency announced that ...
Space.com

Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid

Nearly 150 million miles away from its operators, Psyche has hit a slight snag. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Tuesday (April ...
Space.com

NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams home haunting view of distant Earth (photo)

The spacecraft, bound for a metallic asteroid, turned to snap a striking image of our home planet from 180 million miles away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.