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panoramic view of JPL's High Bay 2 area showing the bus (body) of the spacecraft and some engineers
Spacecraft in Integration & Test ...integration and test. The mission’s launch period opens August 1, 2022. The nitrogen tanks are visible in the center of the spacecraft chassis,... 08-24-2021
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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
Thumbnail image showing the Psyche spacecraft communicating with Earth via the Deep Space Optical Communications laser.
Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications ...How might lasers revolutionize deep space communications? NASA will test high-bandwidth laser (or optical) communications for the first time beyond... 09-28-2023
This image is of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) in a factory space surrounded by engineers.
Psyche Spacecraft ...A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known... 03-29-2021
This image is of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) in a factory space surrounded by engineers.
Psyche Spacecraft ...A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase... 03-29-2021
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Psyche Launch Ascent Timeline ...Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar... 09-11-2023
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Psyche Orbital Operations ...overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California, provided the high-power... 09-11-2023
NASA’s Psyche Images Stars, Jovian System ...The planned observation by Psyche’s imaging instrument was part of a periodic maintenance and calibration test for the twin cameras that make... 03-05-2025
Meet NASA’s Psyche Team Who Will Measure the Asteroid’s Magnetic Field ...by Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for the mission’s overall... 06-30-2021
NASA Psyche Mission: Charting a Metallic World ...is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies is providing... 09-08-2021
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NASA’s Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer ...by Caltech for NASA, is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar... 07-18-2023
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
Psyche Electrical Engineer Luis Dominguez – Behind the Spacecraft ...Propulsion Laboratory, shows the JPL clean room where he and the assembly, test, and launch operations team are putting together and testing the spacecraft.... 09-21-2023
Psyche Mission Launches From Kennedy Space Center (Highlights) ...gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer, multispectral imager, and gravity science experiment. In addition, a technology demonstration called Deep Space... 10-13-2023
NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser ...transmitted the 15-second test video via a cutting-edge instrument called a flight laser transceiver. The video signal took 101 seconds to reach Earth,... 12-19-2023
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a planetary scientist with expertise in planet formation and evolution. She is the Director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration... 12-03-2017
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 ...integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies is providing a high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis. For more information... 07-14-2020
Scientist in a lab wearing masks while holding their thumbs up.
Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion ...the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar is providing the high-power solar electric... 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 ...mission. JPL is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. For more information... 07-14-2020
Psyche Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept) ...Southern California is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. For... 07-14-2020
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Gamma-Ray Spectrometer ...Images of the Psyche Gamma-Ray Spectrometer flight unit lid with its “special part number,” next to the fully-built engineering test unit. This... 10-29-2020
This image is a closeup underside view of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) with a engineers nearby inspecting hardware.
Psyche Spacecraft ...the propulsion system, the thermal system, guidance and navigation sensors and actuators, and the high-gain antenna. The phase known as assembly test,... 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
Orbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration) ...integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California, supplied the spacecraft’s high-power solar electric... 12-20-2021
Psyche Liftoff ...a pioneering technology demonstration – NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment – which will be the first test of laser communications... 11-02-2023
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First Images From NASA’s Psyche ...where the cameras happened to be pointed for this first simple functional imaging test. The brightest star seen here is called mu Pisces, seen at far... 12-05-2023