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Engineers in clean suits work on NASA's Psyche spacecraft in a lab, with an American flag in the background

January 24, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Continues Preparation for Launch in 2023 – NASA Psyche Blog

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on...
Engineers in clean suits work on NASA's Psyche spacecraft in a lab, with an American flag in the background

January 24, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Continues Preparation for Launch in 2023 – NASA Image and Video Library

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

November 4, 2022 / NASA

As Psyche Mission Moves Forward, NASA Responds to Independent Review

NASA and the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, which leads Psyche, shared a response Friday to the results of an independent review board convened to determine...
The Psyche satellite with solar panels extended, floating in space against a starry background

November 3, 2022 / NASA

NASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results

NASA will host a community townhall at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, Nov. 4, followed by a media teleconference at 1 p.m. to discuss the findings and recommendations of a report by the Psyche mission...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

October 28, 2022 / NASA

NASA Continues Psyche Asteroid Mission

NASA announced Friday the agency decided its Psyche mission will go forward, targeting a launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023. Read the news release

This artist's conception shows the Psyche spacecraft against a starry background orbiting above the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

July 20, 2022 / NASA

Board Begins Review of NASA’s Psyche Mission

On July 19, Psyche’s independent review board met for the first time. The focus is on understanding technical issues that led to the delay, how the risk of delay was or was not understood...
This artist's conception shows a close-up of the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

July 14, 2022 / NASA

NASA Begins Psyche Mission Review

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have commissioned an independent review to examine project and institutional issues that led to the Psyche mission missing...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

June 24, 2022 / NASA

NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission

NASA announced Friday the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt. Read the news release

The Psyche satellite with solar panels extended, floating in space against a starry background

June 24, 2022 / NASA

NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Psyche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream on the agency’s...
Spacecraft approaching the Psyche asteroid in space, with solar panels extended against a starry background

June 22, 2022 / NASA

Psyche Mission Update

NASA’s Psyche mission team continues to assess ongoing issues with the spacecraft’s flight software. The team is evaluating its ability to meet a schedule to launch in 2022 – the current...
3D render of the Psyche asteroid with rocky and metallic surface against a starry space background

May 24, 2022 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Launch Update

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is nearing the final stages of preparations for launch, and the mission team is working to confirm that all hardware and software systems are operating correctly....
NASA's Psyche spacecraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility in Florida.

May 2, 2022 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy

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 to March Air Reserve...