The asteroid between Mars and Jupiter was discovered in 1852 by the Italian astronomer Anibal de Gaspiris. He also named it Psyche, after the ancient Greek goddess. But recently, NASA came up with a mission to study this. Early studies...
Fun fact: President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law on July 29, 1958. On October 1, 1958, NASA formally opened for business.
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