Lucy and Psyche are two robotic missions to explore asteroids. The Mission will open new windows to the history of our Solar System.
The Psyche mission will explore 16 Psyche, a giant metal asteroid about three times farther away from the Sun than is the Earth.
The Psyche mission is targeted to be launched in October of 2023.
The Lucy Mission will explore the environment of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids and is scheduled to launch in 2021.
Japan launches first military communications satellite:
The Kirameki-2 satellite is the first military communication satellite launched by H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.
It is the first of three satellites that will replace three civilian ones currently used by Japan's military.
The new satellites will allow military units to communicate on a high-speed and high-capacity network.
Superwheat:
Researchers in the UK have announced genetically modified "superwheat" that increases the efficiency of photosynthesis to boost yields by 20 to 40 percent. Field trials are expected in 2017.
The researchers focused on improving the efficiency of photosynthesis, by adding genes from a grass called stiff brome.
The new GM wheat was found to assimilate carbon dioxide better than conventional wheat.
