The Kepler Space Telescope launched in 2009 with the mission of discovering planets outside of our solar system, called exoplanets. The spacecraft has since. 04.04.2022, Sputnik International
NASA's Psyche spacecraft would arrive at the asteroid in early 2026, following a Mars gravity assist in 2023. During 21 months in orbit, the spacecraft will map and study the asteroid's properties using a magnetometer, a multispectral imager, and a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer to improve the scientific community's understanding of asteroid Psyche.