asteroid
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of Mars, using the planet's gravity to gain speed and redirect its path toward the asteroid Psyche.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
With Mars now behind it, Psyche will resume using its solar-electric propulsion system to continue toward the asteroid belt.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
If that theory is correct, the asteroid could provide scientists with a rare opportunity to study material normally hidden deep inside rocky planets like Earth.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
If a comet or an asteroid dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter, we would not expect a visible crater, only a momentary break in the clouds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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