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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captures Earth Images from 290M KM
8/25/2025
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- NASA's Psyche spacecraft took images of Earth and the Moon from 290 million km away on July 20 and 23, 2025.
- Launched in October 2023, Psyche's mission focuses on studying a metal-rich asteroid to understand planetary formation.
- The spacecraft will perform a flyby of Mars in May 2026 to gain speed for its 2029 asteroid target.
