Digital content creators, across the world are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft and create content based on the experience.
The Psyche mission is a NASA space mission to visit a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Psyche is scheduled to lift off at 10:38 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 5, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Launch Services Program is managing the launch.
The invite is open for all to apply. However, selected content creators are responsible for their own expenses for travel, accommodations, food, and other amenities. Some events and participants scheduled to appear at the event are subject to change without notice.
Moving forward with the Psyche mission, Scientists hypothesize that the Psyche asteroid could be part of the metal-rich interior of a planetesimal, a building block of a rocky planet. It could be that Psyche collided with other large bodies during its early formation and lost its outer shell. Since humans can’t bore a path to Earth’s metal core – or the cores of other rocky planets – visiting Psyche could provide a one-of-a-kind window into the origins of our solar system.
If your passion is to communicate and engage people online, then Seize the opportunity to see and share the #MissionToPsyche launch.
A maximum of 35 social media users will be selected to attend this two-day event (Oct. 4-5, 2023) and will be given access similar to news media.
NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to:
- View a launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
- Tour NASA facilities at Kennedy Space Center
- Meet and interact with Psyche science and engineering experts.
- Meet fellow space enthusiasts who are active on social media
NASA Social registration for the Psyche launch opens on Tuesday, Aug. 22, and the deadline to apply is 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 28. All social applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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