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NASA's Psyche probe nears Mars for gravity boost

NASA's Psyche probe nears Mars for gravity boost en route to metal-rich asteroid

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on its final course to the solar system's largest known metallic asteroid,

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Psyche spacecraft bound for asteroid belt to get speed boost from Mars

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NASA’s Psyche probe passes just 2,800 miles above Mars Friday — using the planet’s gravity to slingshot toward a metal asteroid worth $700 quintillion

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NASA's Psyche spacecraft to race past Mars in hunt for clues about how Earth was formed

The crucial manoeuvre scheduled for Friday will use the gravity of Mars to shift Psyche onto the right path, a faster and cheaper method NASA scientists say could help unlock clues about the birth of ...

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NASA spacecraft to make close flyby of Mars

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NASA’s Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid

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NASA Counts On Mars Gravity Assist To Slingshot Psyche Mission Towards Its Final Destination

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NASA makes discovery ‘as important as gravity’ about Earth — and possibly life on other planets

NASA scientists have discovered an electric field encompassing Earth’s atmosphere that is as “fundamental” as gravity — and could even give clues about possible life on other planets. A team of NASA scientists detected the ambipolar electric field ...

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NASA gravity map offers closest ever look at Mars

(CNN) By tracking the gravitational pull on spacecraft over Mars, NASA has created one of the most detailed maps yet of the Red Planet's surface, and what lies beneath. "Gravity maps allow us to see inside a planet, just as a doctor uses an X-ray to see ...