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Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruising through space
SPACE.com· 6 days agoNASA's mission to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now cruising...
NASA’s Sci-Fi Thrusters: Psyche’s Electric Blue Journey to the Asteroid Belt
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoIt is already beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a...
NASA’s Psyche mission fires up its futuristic electric engines
The Verge· 7 days agoNASA has turned on the electric Hall thrusters of Psyche, a spacecraft that’s now gently motoring...
The quest to mine precious metals in space
KOAA5· 2 weeks agoFrom cell phones to electric cars, modern-day electronics are made with precious minerals gathered the old-fashioned way: mining them from the ground....
NASA Psyche probe in full cruise mode after six-month checkup
Interesting Engineering· 6 days agoThis velocity will increase as the spacecraft moves further into the asteroid belt, with an eventual...
New 400,000-Pixel Superconducting Camera Offers Unprecedented View of the Cosmos
SciTechDaily· 1 week agoWhile plenty of other camera technologies exist, cameras using superconducting detectors are very...
Best Indie Books for Spring - LA Weekly
LA Weekly· 2 weeks agoThere’s no lack of good books to read. The trick is finding a way to sort through to find the best ones!