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NASA's Psyche Is About to Use Mars as a Slingshot to a Rare Metal Asteroid
It's capturing stunning images on its way past. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029. Named Psyche, like the asteroid it's after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) on Friday 15 May.
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