You think Asteroid's psyche is totally metal? Wait until you hear how the mission team

models its craters. This week, on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Alahmet of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond. NASA's psyche mission to explore a metallic asteroid has finally

launched, and it's headed to its asteroid namesake. Simone Marquis, co-investigator for

the psyche mission, joins us this week to share the creative ways that their team are learning

more about cratering on metallic asteroids. And by creative, I mean they're straight

up blasting things at meteorites. It's amazing. Kate Howles, the Planetary Society's

Public Education Specialist and Canadian Space Advisor, will also pop in to tell us more

about the Japanese Space Agency's newest moon mission, Slim.

Then our friend Bruce Betts, the chief scientist of the Planetary Society, will share his

experiences with crater modeling and a fresh new random space fact.

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you'll never miss an episode filled with new and awe-inspiring ways to know the cosmos

and our place within it. There's been so much awesome space news recently that you may

have missed the launch of Slim, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's or Jaxa's

newest moon mission. On September 6th, 2023, Slim blasted into space aboard an H2A rocket

from Tanigashima Space Port in Japan. A huge congratulations to the team from everyone

here at the Planetary Society. Kate Howles, our Public Education Specialist and Canadian Space

Advisor, is here with the details.

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