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NASA’s Psyche probe passes just 2,800 miles above Mars Friday — using the planet’s gravity to slingshot toward a metal asteroid worth $700 quintillion

At roughly 12,333 mph, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will skim just 2,800 miles above the surface of Mars on Friday, May 16, 2026, threading a gravitational needle that will bend its course toward one of ...
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NASA’s Psyche just skipped past Mars at 12,000 miles an hour — using the planet’s gravity to sling itself toward a metal asteroid worth more than Earth’s economy

On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft screamed past Mars at roughly 12,000 miles per hour, skimming within 2,864 miles of the planet’s rust-colored surface. The flyby was not a detour. It was the ...
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Why the asteroid Psyche 16 is worth more than the entire global economy of planet Earth

For a few months, the United States Space Agency (NASA) has a history of ups and downs with the asteroid Psyche 16. Last April it was announced that the organism programmed a mission to said cosmic ...