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ALT A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it’s composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
ALT Circular metallic instrument of concentric circles on aluminum foil, the TAGSAM head from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The outer ring contains many small circles containing small particles of black dust. The inner circle contains small rocks.
ALT Circular metallic instrument of concentric circles on aluminum foil, the TAGSAM head from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The outer ring contains many small circles containing small particles of black dust. The inner circle contains small rocks. Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold
