Tag: Imager

Star field with labeled stars and trajectory of an object from Sept 8 to Sept 9, 2025. Inset shows a close-up with scale

December 4, 2025 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA’s Psyche observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS over the course of eight hours on Sept. 8 and 9, when the comet was about 33 million miles (53 million kilometers) from the spacecraft. Captured...
Star field with labeled stars HIP 61424, AX CVn, HIP 60569, HIP 61320, HIP 61309, HIP 61114, HIP 61818.

November 19, 2025 / NASA

View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses

NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to follow comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to pass...
NASA's Psyche captures Earth and Moon with stars labeled: 43 Ari, 37 Ari, 36 Ari, AM Ari. Inset shows Earth and Moon

August 19, 2025 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth & Moon

On schedule for its 2029 arrival at the asteroid Psyche, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft recently looked back toward home and captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290...
Annotated version of the starfield image with stars labeled.

December 5, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data

The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13, 2023. The latest is the operation of the spacecraft’s cameras. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft...