Spaceflight 🚀 on Nostr: RE: The flyby at an altitude of approximately 4600 km gave the probe a speed boost of ...

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116606989793952483

The flyby at an altitude of approximately 4600 km gave the probe a speed boost of about 1600 km/h without using any fuel

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NASA probe: Psyche gained momentum from Mars on its way to metal asteroids

Psyche still needs more than three years to reach eponymous, metal-rich asteroid it is supposed to explore. Now it gained momentum from Mars for this purpose.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/NASA-probe-Psyche-gained-momentum-from-Mars-on-its-way-to-metal-asteroids-11300945.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

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