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  1. 🚀 Big leap for commercial space!
    Scientists are preparing SpacePilot — the world’s first fully autonomous spacecraft — to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029.
    This AI-powered mission will navigate, make decisions, and fly completely on its own, without any human control. A major step toward independent deep-space exploration.
    Read more: thedebrief.org/a-mission-that-

    @goodnews

    #Goodnews #SpacePilot #AsteroidMission #AutonomousSpacecraft #FutureOfSpace

  2. NASA's mission to capture the asteroid 16 Psyche, valued at an astonishing $10 quintillion, is progressing steadily. Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in October 2023, the spacecraft has been journeying through space at 84,000mph, covering a distance of 2.2 billion miles. Expected to reach its destination in August 2029, the vessel is currently in "full cruise" mode, propelled by electric thrusters towards the asteroid belt.

    #NASA #AsteroidMission #16Psyche #SpaceExploration #AsteroidMining #FutureRevenue