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NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

September 7, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting Oct. 5 to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft’s solar arrays are folded...
Collage of a team with colorful stars, "MAXAR" text, and a person giving a thumbs up

May 2, 2022 / Scott Bordow

A space mission that welcomes students onboard

Over 4,000 students and lifelong learners from across the nation have taken part in ASU’s Psyche Student Collaborations. Read the story

Control room with multiple screens and consoles displaying diagrams and lists in purple and gray tones

April 18, 2019 / Karin Valentine

ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission to offer free online courses to learn about space exploration

The NASA Psyche Mission is a journey to a unique metal world called Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The mission is currently in development and the spacecraft will...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

March 26, 2019 / Steve Scott

Psyche Spacecraft Sails through NASA Design Review

After completing an extensive NASA design review, humanity is one-step closer to exploring an all-metal world called 16 Psyche. As previously announced, Maxar’s Space Solutions team is working...