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Psyche is a robotic space mission developed under NASA's Discovery Program, with the primary goal of studying a metal-rich asteroid. The mission focuses on the asteroid (16) Psyche, named after the Greek goddess of the soul, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is believed to be the remnant core of a planetesimal, which is expected to offer unique insights into the formation of the Solar System. Mission Summary The Psyche spacecraft was successfully launched on Octo