After a Mars flyby on May 15, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is well on its way to a 2029 rendezvous with the asteroid for which it is named, in search of evidence for how planets like ours first formed.

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A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than previous ion engines.

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Abstract: With a rise in demand for rare earth metals, largely due to an increase in semiconductor usage, asteroid mining has emerged as an alternative to access many of these critical elements.