Cold Gas Thrusters Heat Up: NASA’s Psyche Mission Launch Pushed Back
NASA and SpaceX postpone the Psyche mission launch to October 12 for further thruster parameter verification, with a launch window until October 25. Launch Rescheduled…
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Psyche Set To Soar: NASA’s Date With a Metal-Rich Asteroid
Now that fueling and testing are complete, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is ready to meet its ride – a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch is…
Journey to the Asteroid Belt: NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Readies for Liftoff
Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting October 5 to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida….
Broadband for Mars: Laser Boost for NASA’s Deep Space Communications
NASA is testing technologies in space and on the ground that could increase bandwidth to transmit more complex science data and even stream video from…
Behind the Spacecraft: New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team
“Behind the Spacecraft” is a series of short videos that offer glimpses of the people who’ve helped make this upcoming journey to a metal-rich asteroid…
NASA’s Journey to Psyche: The Power Behind the 2.5 Billion-Mile Mission
The Psyche mission is speeding toward its October 5 launch date, preparing for the last of its launch-preparation milestones. Robotically unfurling in a clean room…
Destination Psyche: NASA Spacecraft Prepares for Epic 2.5-Billion-Mile Voyage
Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for liftoff, which is slated for October 5. With less than 100 days remaining…
NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Back on Stellar Track – Extraordinary Turnaround Wows Review Board
Review Board: NASA-JPL Psyche Progress Outstanding, Launch on Track An independent review board praised the “world-class” efforts of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech in…
NASA Psyche Asteroid Mission Will Go Forward
The mission team continues to complete testing of the spacecraft’s flight software in preparation for the 2023 launch date. On Friday, October 29, NASA announced…
NASA Forced To Scrap Planned 2022 Launch of Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA announced on Friday, June 24, 2022, that the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make…
Incredible New Maps of Asteroid Psyche Reveal an Ancient World of Metal and Rock
The varied surface of asteroid Psyche suggests a dynamic history, which could include metallic eruptions, asteroid-shaking impacts, and a lost rocky mantle. Later this year,…
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Starts Processing at Kennedy Space Center
Bound for an asteroid of the same name, the orbiter spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for its August launch. Since its arrival on April 29,…
Watch the Official Trailer: NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal World
Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The…
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The Psyche spacecraft completed its journey from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. First, it traveled…
Shake and Bake: NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Is Tested in Spacelike Conditions
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on…
NASA Psyche Spacecraft Gets Ready for Asteroid Mission, Europa Clipper Assembly Underway [Video]
Showcasing our efforts to monitor Earth’s climate … A spacecraft for an asteroid mission is close to its final configuration … And assembly of NASA’s…
NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays for 1.5-Billion-Mile Journey to Metal-Rich Asteroid
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch. NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready…
Psyche – The Iron Giant of Asteroids – May Not Be What Scientists Expected
Scientists have thought that the asteroid Psyche could be a big ball of pure iron, but new research suggests it’s likely harboring a hidden rocky…
