April 3, 2018 / Karin Valentine
Psyche is both the name of an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter — and the name of a NASA space mission to visit that asteroid, led by Arizona State University. Join the Psyche...
March 20, 2018 / Scott Seckel
Students at Arizona State University from 13 different majors submitted unique interpretations of the emotions surrounding the Psyche exploration mission.
October 18, 2017 / NASA
A spacecraft destined to explore a unique asteroid will also test new communication hardware that uses lasers instead of radio waves. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package aboard...
September 28, 2017 / NASA
As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around...
July 20, 2017 / Suzanne Wilson
ASU Foundation Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton goes to bat for space exploration at congressional subcommittee hearing.
June 29, 2017 / admin
Celebrate with a crash course on ASU’s NASA missions, meteorite collections and more.
May 24, 2017 / NASA
Psyche, NASA’s Discovery Mission to a unique metal asteroid, has been moved up one year with launch in the summer of 2022, and with a planned arrival at the main belt asteroid in 2026 —...
April 19, 2017 / Penny Walker
Sometimes it’s OK to get a little starry-eyed. That was the case Monday night in Tempe at the Discovery Mission Celebration of the Psyche and Lucy missions, where scientists, support staff...
March 15, 2017 / Skip Derra
Exploring new worlds requires vision and some well-educated guesses; visual cues are nice, too. The asteroid Psyche is a new world that will be explored by a group of space scientists led by...
February 13, 2017 / Scott Seckel
ASU is rapidly becoming known for its out-of-this-world endeavors. From Psyche to CubeSat. From Mars to the moon. Here, in honor of Valentine’s Day, are five things we (heart) about space:
January 6, 2017 / SSL
SSL, a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced that it will provide a spacecraft platform for a NASA Discovery Mission to explore the metallic asteroid...
January 6, 2017 / Scott Seckel
NASA mission selections show how the nation’s most innovative university embodies the spirit of exploration
