NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
Dec 5, 2023 · Already 16 million miles (26 million kilometers) from Earth, the spacecraft will arrive at its destination – the asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter – in …
Psyche: Everything you need to know about NASA's mission to a …
Launched on Oct. 13, 2023, the NASA mission to visit the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche aims to find crucial clues about the formation of our solar system's planets.
Asteroid Psyche - Science@NASA
This intriguing asteroid is now the primary target of NASA's Psyche mission. The Psyche spacecraft will launch in October 2023 and travel to the asteroid using solar-electric (low …
Nasa probe launches to metal asteroid Psyche - BBC
Oct 13, 2023 · The craft is heading to a metal world - an asteroid called 16 Psyche - which telescopic observations suggest is made from up to 60% iron and nickel.
Psyche - NASA Science
Psyche was discovered in 1852 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis. Because it was the 16th asteroid to be discovered, it is sometimes referred to as 16 Psyche. It’s named for the …
NASA launches $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe on 6-year ... - CBS News
Oct 13, 2023 · Getting off to a ground-shaking start, NASA's $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe roared into space atop a Falcon Heavy rocket Friday, setting off on a 2.2-billion-mile voyage to …
Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip to a metal world
Oct 13, 2023 · NASA has launched its first mission to a mysterious world made largely of metal, on a journey to find out whether the asteroid is the exposed core of an early planetary building …
Psyche - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Oct 13, 2023 · Psyche will become the first mission to the metal world, 16 Psyche, and will map its features, structure, composition, and magnetic field of this massive metal asteroid, while …
Nasa probe launches to metal asteroid Psyche - BBC News
Oct 13, 2023 · The craft is heading to a metal world - an asteroid called 16 Psyche - which telescopic observations suggest is made from up to 60% iron and nickel.
New mission to metal-rich asteroid Psyche successfully blasts off
Oct 9, 2023 · The Psyche mission — named after the asteroid it's planning to study — blasted off Friday morning atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., beginning its …