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Psyche Mission Prepares for Launch to a Metal World (News Briefing) ...The Psyche mission is expected to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 12, 2023, at 7:16 a.m. PT / 10:16 a.m. ET. Join experts... 10-12-2023
Mission to Psyche: One Year Into the Spacecraft’s Journey to a Metal-Rich Asteroid ...One year after a successful launch on Oct. 13, 2023, team members on the Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name reflect on launch... 10-29-2024
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Psyche Mission Timeline Image ...key milestones of the prime mission. The test periods for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration are indicated... 09-11-2023
Psyche Mission Launches From Kennedy Space Center (Highlights) ...Jupiter. Psyche lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:19 a.m PDT (10:19 a.m. EDT). The mission, which is the first to explore... 10-13-2023
NASA Psyche Mission: Charting a Metallic World ...the asteroid, mapping it and studying its properties. The mission is led by Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University.... 09-08-2021
Thumbnail showing the illustration of the asteroid and spacecraft and the words Psyche #MissionToPsyche
NASA’s Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer ...Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team prepares for a targeted Oct. 5, 2023, launch to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun... 07-18-2023
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New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team ...something that will be rocketed into space, never to be seen again on our planet? For the scientists, engineers, and technicians behind NASA’s Psyche... 08-21-2023
NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal-Rich Asteroid (Teaser Trailer) ...Psyche mission is set to launch as early as Oct. 12, 2023. Watch live launch commentary at / nasa . Learn more about this first-of-its-kind mission... 10-05-2023
NASA Psyche Mission: Undergraduate Capstone Projects ...Wonder what it’s like to be a part of a capstone project for a NASA mission? The NASA Psyche Mission offers capstone projects to undergraduate students... 11-12-2019
Psyche Mission: Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy ...Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to his current role as Curator-in-Charge... 01-26-2020
NASA Psyche Online Courses ...While the spacecraft and instruments of the NASA Psyche Mission are being designed and built in preparation for launch to the Psyche asteroid in 2022,... 01-25-2020
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Spacecraft in Integration & Test ...the GRNS, Psyche will carry a multispectral imager. The mission also will test a sophisticated new laser communications technology, recently completed... 08-24-2021
This is an image of Psyche Mission Science Team Co-Investigator Simone Marchi of the Southwest Research Institute.
Psyche Mission: Simone Marchi Science Team Co-Investigator ...Join Psyche Mission Science Team Co-Investigator Simone Marchi of the Southwest Research Institute as he explains how impact experiments are conducted... 09-05-2019
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Psyche Orbital Operations ...prime mission is A, B1, D, C, B2. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. A division of Caltech in Pasadena, NASA’s Jet Propulsion... 09-11-2023
Psyche Mission Downloadable video options... 12-07-2017
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Psyche Power Electronics Engineer Meena Sreekantamurthy – Behind the Spacecraft ...Meet Meena Sreekantamurthy, a power electronics engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also... 08-30-2023
Psyche Electrical Engineer Luis Dominguez – Behind the Spacecraft ...Meet Luis Dominguez, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In this video,... 09-21-2023
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Using Gravity to Study an Asteroid ...NASA’s Psyche mission will use gravity to study the interior structure of its asteroid target, also named Psyche. By measuring subtle changes in the... 09-28-2023
Psyche Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept) ...This artist’s concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will... 07-14-2020
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Psyche Launch Ascent Timeline ...missions from NASA and its partners to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. A division of... 09-11-2023
NASA’s Psyche Images Stars, Jovian System ...objects. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. A division of Caltech in Pasadena, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible... 03-05-2025
Psyche Power System Engineer Ben Inouye – Behind the Spacecraft
Psyche Power System Engineer Ben Inouye – Behind the Spacecraft ...Meet Ben Inouye, a power system engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In... 09-07-2023
Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li – Behind the Spacecraft ...Join us LIVE as we chat with Julie Li, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid. Li, of Maxar... 09-13-2023
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Imaging a Metal World ...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will use highly sensitive cameras to allow scientists to see a metal-rich asteroid that’s never been imaged up close before.... 09-28-2023
Psyche: A Heavy Metal Tribute to #MissionToPsyche ...Psyche’s journey to a metal world inspired Psyche super-fan Terry Glaze to get #PsycheSpaceCRAFTY with this heavy metal tribute to the mission,... 09-29-2023
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, make progress on the spectrometer for NASA's Psyche spacecraft, while observing COVID-19 safety procedures.
Psyche’s Spectrometer ...campus once or twice a week. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California is responsible... 07-14-2020
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Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion ...the main body of the spacecraft that Maxar is building at its facility in Palo Alto, California. Arizona State University in Tempe leads the Psyche... 07-14-2020
A technician prepares to integrate part of the electric propulsion system onto the main body of NASA's Psyche spacecraft at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California.
Psyche in Progress ...in early 2026, and orbit the asteroid for nearly two years to investigate its composition. Arizona State University leads the mission. JPL is responsible... 07-14-2020
This image is of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) in a factory space surrounded by engineers.
Psyche Spacecraft ...the mission. JPL is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. For more information... 03-29-2021
This image is a closeup underside view of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) with a engineers nearby inspecting hardware.
Psyche Spacecraft ...into how our own planet and others formed. Arizona State University in Tempe leads the mission. JPL is responsible for the mission’s overall management,... 03-29-2021
This image is of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) in a factory space surrounded by engineers.
Psyche Spacecraft ...similar to Earth’s core. Exploring the asteroid could give valuable insight into how our own planet and others formed. Arizona State University in... 03-29-2021
Meet NASA’s Psyche Team Who Will Measure the Asteroid’s Magnetic Field ...end of a 6-foot (2-meter) boom on the spacecraft. The magnetometer team is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Technical University... 06-30-2021
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Psyche Flight Systems Engineer Christina Hernandez – Behind the Spacecraft ...Meet Christina Hernandez, a flight systems engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named... 08-22-2023
#MissionToPsyche: The Science Behind the Psyche Spacecraft (News Briefing) ...of a planetesimal, a building block of an early planet, and could tell us more about how the solar system formed. The mission will use a magnetometer,... 10-12-2023
Orbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration) ...other large bodies during the early formation of the solar system. Arizona State University in Tempe leads the Psyche mission. JPL is responsible for... 12-20-2021
Join the Psyche team to explore why this mission was selected for NASA’s Discovery Program, how we’ll get to the asteroid, what we hope to learn from Psyche, and the importance of scientific discovery.
Psyche: Join the Journey to a Metal World ...Join the Psyche team to explore why this mission was selected for NASA’s Discovery Program, how we’ll get to the asteroid, what we hope to learn... 04-03-2018
NASA’s Psyche Gets Its Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed ...The solar arrays for NASA’s Psyche mission underwent a final deployment test and were permanently installed on the spacecraft at Astrotech Space Operations... 08-03-2023
Thumbnail image showing the Psyche spacecraft communicating with Earth via the Deep Space Optical Communications laser.
Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications ...Technology Mission Directorate and the Space Communications and Navigation program within the agency’s Space Operations Mission Directorate. The agency’s... 09-28-2023
Psyche Launches to a Metal Asteroid (Official NASA Broadcast) ...(1419 UTC) Friday, Oct. 13. The mission to Psyche will take us on a journey to a metal-rich asteroid. During this mission we will be researching the... 10-13-2023
Psyche Encapsulation ...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the... 10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation ...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the... 10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation ...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the... 10-11-2023
Psyche Liftoff ...2023. The Psyche mission will study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s... 11-02-2023
Launch Complex 39A ...A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission, Wednesday,... 11-02-2023
Psyche’s Story ...its mantle, leaving only core material. The mission to Psyche may be able to tell us about how planets everywhere form and about what’s inside the... 12-07-2017
Engineering Process Part 2 ...Watch this video to learn about the engineering process and see how it is implemented in real life with the NASA Psyche Mission! Downloadable video... 12-31-2019
Meet the NASA Psyche team who will map Psyche’s elemental composition ...Meet the team designing and building the Psyche mission’s gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer. This instrument on the spacecraft will detect, measure,... 07-07-2020
NASA EDGE: Live Psyche Prelaunch Show ...DSOC, and Mic Woltman of LSP. I mean, what else do you need ahead of SpaceX Falcon Heavy blast off! Learn more about this first-of-its-kind mission... 10-12-2023
Is NASA Mining Asteroids? We Asked a NASA Expert ...missions like this could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors. And in September, our OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver... 06-28-2023
This artist's conception shows the Psyche asteroid.
Hypothesized Surface Features: Psyche Asteroid Illustration ...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche... 10-16-2018
This artist's conception shows a close-up of the Psyche asteroid. Image Credit: Peter Rubin
Regions of Iron-Nickel Metal and Olivine: Psyche Asteroid Illustration ...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche... 02-05-2018
An illustration, created in March 2021, of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which is targeted to launch to the main asteroid belt in August 2022 to investigate the metal-rich asteroid Psyche.
Psyche Spacecraft Illustration ...This illustration, updated as of March 2021, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a... 03-29-2021
An illustration depicting the target of NASA’s Psyche mission: the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Small-Scale Mix of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration ...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche... 03-29-2021
Large Regions of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration ...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche... 03-29-2021
Two thrusters are visible beneath red round protective covers, after being integrated into the spacecraft.
Psyche Thrusters: Integration Complete ...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is photographed in July 2021 during the mission’s assembly, test, and launch operations phase at the agency’s... 09-20-2021
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) ...to give researchers a better idea of what may make up Earth’s core. For more information about NASA’s Psyche mission, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/psyche... 09-25-2023
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) ...to give researchers a better idea of what may make up Earth’s core. For more information about NASA’s Psyche mission, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/psyche... 09-25-2023
Psyche Transport from Astrotech to LC 39A ...with Psyche is a pioneering technology demonstration, NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. For more information about NASA’s... 10-11-2023