By SE Valley Times |
Sep 22, 2024
Arizona State University (ASU) is making significant strides in space exploration, with the Psyche mission marking a notable achievement. Led by ASU Regents Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the NASA Psyche Discovery mission aims to explore one of the few metal-rich asteroids in our solar system. "Humans have sent astronauts to the moon, sent robotic explorers to rocky planets like Mars, to gas giants like Jupiter, icy giants like Uranus and Neptune, but never to an object made of metal," Elkins-Tanton states.