(Image from NASA: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in the US state of Florida on February 25, 2023)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — US NASA. revealed that the organization’s Psyche mission has returned the first images of a distant star field.
The Psyche mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern US state of Florida on October 13, becoming the first US mission to study a metal-rich asteroid.
On Tuesday (December 5), NASA stated that the mission team The Psyche spacecraft’s twin cameras turned on and recorded the first set of images, dubbed “First Light,” on Monday (Dec. 4).
A recording device consisting of a pair of identical cameras. A total of 68 images can be recorded, all within the star field in the constellation Pisces.
The recording team is using the above information to verify the order. Telemetry analysis and proper calibration of imaging measurement results
NASA says it has been eight weeks since the Psyche spacecraft left Earth. The Psyche spacecraft has already completed several successful missions. and scientific tools are activated Sending data signals back to Earth as well as setting a record in deep space using an electric propulsion device.
The Psyche spacecraft is expected to travel 3.5 billion kilometers to the metal-rich asteroid. The far side of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
2023-12-07 14:53:00
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