Psyche (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k i / SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023 to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. [8] NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project.
Psyche - NASA Science
Psyche is a NASA mission to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid that has more metal than rock or ice. Psyche launched Oct. 13, …
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch of Psyche asteroid mission in …
Oct 13, 2023 · SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket launched NASA's Psyche asteroid mission on Friday (Oct. 13), providing space fans with lots of eye candy.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASA Psyche probe to metal …
Oct 13, 2023 · The two side boosters of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rest at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly after landing on Oct. 13, 2023. They had just helped launch NASA's Psyche asteroid...
NASA Sets Coverage for Psyche Spacecraft Launch to Metal World
Oct 4, 2023 · NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is targeted for 10:19 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 13, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at …
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission
Oct 5, 2023 · With a launch readiness date set for Friday, Oct. 13, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel 2.2 billion miles from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to a metal-rich asteroid in the far reaches of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Psyche - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Oct 13, 2023 · The Psyche mission will test a sophisticated new laser communication technology that encodes data in photons at near-infrared wavelengths (rather than radio waves) to communicate between a probe in deep space and Earth.
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to …
Oct 13, 2023 · NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it’s composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon.
Mission | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA is targeting a launch no earlier than Oct. 12, 2023 for the Psyche spacecraft. It will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a journey to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name.
Psyche Mission | A Mission to a Metal World
Jul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 10:19 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. The Psyche mission will study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.