{"id":8054,"date":"2023-09-17T06:33:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T06:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/09\/17\/nasas-asteroid-autumn-mailonline-delves-into-a-trio-of-exciting-missions-from\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T06:33:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T06:33:12","slug":"nasas-asteroid-autumn-mailonline-delves-into-a-trio-of-exciting-missions-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/nasas-asteroid-autumn-mailonline-delves-into-a-trio-of-exciting-missions-from\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s ‘asteroid autumn’: MailOnline delves into a trio of exciting missions – from"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It has been billed as NASA’s ‘asteroid autumn’ and involves a trio of exciting missions that could answer some truly mind-boggling questions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
From offering clues to how life on Earth began,\u00a0to unlocking the secrets of the\u00a0<\/span>solar system<\/a>, key milestones for each voyage are due to play out over the next six weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n They include one rocket launch, a distant fly-by between Jupiter and Mars, and the recovery of ancient space rocks in the Utah desert that could contain the ingredients for life.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the three, the lift-off of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft probably sounds the most mundane\u00a0\u2014 but no so fast.<\/span><\/p>\n That is also a fascinating mission, because it is setting off on a 2.5 billion-mile (4 billion-kilometre) journey to find out once and for all if a metal-rich asteroid really could bring down the world’s economy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n