NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters - NASA
NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters - NASA
www.nasa.gov NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters - NASA
The spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid, where it will orbit and collect
The orbiter is now more than 190 million miles (300 million kilometers) away and moving at a clip of 23 miles per second (37 kilometers per second), relative to Earth. That’s about 84,000 mph (135,000 kph). Over time, with no atmospheric drag to slow it down, Psyche will accelerate to speeds of up to 124,000 mph (200,000 kph).
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