"NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Launches Towards Mysterious Metal World"

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming launch of its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, scheduled for October 12. The spacecraft will study the asteroid named Psyche, which is located between Mars and Jupiter, to gain insights into the formation of rocky planets. This will be the first mission to an asteroid with significant amounts of metal. The launch will be broadcasted live on various platforms, including NASA TV, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and the NASA app. The mission will also include a technology demonstration to test the use of lasers for high-bandwidth optical communications.