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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) photographed on 27 January 2023.

Photo: Edu INAF, photographer: Alessandro Bianconi / CC BY-SA 2.0

Events

  • 13 October 2023

    Psyche

    How do you reach a metal world with a spacecraft that cannot carry much fuel? You borrow energy from Mars.

    2 videos
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • Hera

    1 video
    • European Space Agency, ESA

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  1. Psyche’s Mars Gravity Assist: Slingshot Toward a Metal Asteroid

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  2. Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  3. Hera at Didymos: Plan for Two CubeSats and a Close Asteroid Look

    European Space Agency, ESA
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Hera at Didymos: Plan for Two CubeSats and a Close Asteroid Look

European Space Agency, ESA

Duration 4:22

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  1. Psyche’s Mars Gravity Assist: Slingshot Toward a Metal Asteroid

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2:12

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  2. Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3:09

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  3. Hera at Didymos: Plan for Two CubeSats and a Close Asteroid Look

    Mission explainerEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 4:22

    Mission: Hera

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