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This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal

A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely composed of metal.
An artist's conception of the Psyche spacecraft approaching an asteroid that's largely composed of metal.

NASA is about to launch a spacecraft on a nearly six-year journey to a strange asteroid that, unlike most space rocks, seems largely to be made of metal.

"This will be our first time visiting a world that has a metal surface," says of Arizona State University, the principal investigator for this mission, who notes that

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