Psyche: Exploration of a Metal World - Livestream

In January 2017 NASA selected Arizona State University to lead the next of its small, Discovery-class robotic planetary missions, named Psyche. Named after its intended destination, Main Belt asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-class (metallic) asteroid in the Solar System. It is thought to be the Fe-Ni core of an ancient planetesimal, where the crust and mantle were removed by multiple impact events. The Psyche spacecraft will begin orbiting the asteroid in August of 2029 on a 24-month mission of exploration and discovery. Join Professor David Williams, the Deputy Imager Lead for the mission, for a discussion of asteroid Psyche, the mission, its objectives, and its place in the broader exploration of our Solar System.

Speaker: David Williams, Arizona State University

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