Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator for the NASA Psyche mission, which is the first mission to explore an asteroid made of metal. The mission involves sending a spacecraft to the asteroid Psyche to study the properties of this metal world. In addition, Dr. Elkins-Tanton serves as the Vice President of the Interplanetary Institute at Arizona State University and the co-founder of Beagle Learning. Prior to her work on Psyche, Dr. Elkins-Tanton spent years in the business world as well.

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