NASA has shared the first images taken by its Psyche mission, which launched in October to study a strange metal asteroid located in the main belt.
NASA has shared the first images taken by its Psyche mission, which launched in October to study a strange metal asteroid located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft, which is still on its long journey, is expected to make its arrival at the asteroid in 2029 and is currently between the orbits of Earth and Mars. But it is already testing out its instruments by taking a test image using its two cameras and sending it back to Earth, in a process called first light.
The image captured by Psyche’s cameras shows a field of stars in the constellation Pisces.
