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A model of the metal-rich asteroid named Psyche is displayed at the media center in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 10, 2023. NASA and SpaceX are targeting October 12, 2023, at 10:16 a.m. EDT for launch of the Psyche mission from Kennedy Space Center to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

A model of the metal-rich asteroid named Psyche is displayed at the media center in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 10, 2023. NASA and SpaceX are targeting October 12, 2023, at 10:16 a.m. EDT for launch of the Psyche mission from Kennedy Space Center to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)