KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Oct. 12 launch of the agency’s Psyche mission due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to a news release.
The new launch window is now scheduled for 10:19 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13.
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Psyche will reach space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
The Psyche mission will study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid that has more metal than rock or ice.
The spacecraft will travel about 2.2 billion miles during its nearly six-year journey, and If all goes as planned, asteroid Psyche’s gravity will capture the spacecraft in late July 2029.
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