Psyche Mission: Spacecraft Separation Around 70 minutes after launch, a carrier signal was received from the spacecraft at mission control. That signal confirms that the spacecraft is in space and on its journey. The team will now wait for the telemetry signal, expected in the next few hours...
Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone that brings it closer to its August 2022 launch date. Now the mission is moving from planning and designing to high-gear manufacturing of the spacecraft hardware that will fly to ...
For more information about Psyche's trajectory and why it matters that the mission missed its optimal launch window, head to this article from WIRED. To read more about the literal goldmine that an asteroid like Psyche could represent, try this article from Smithsonian Magazine. Or, if you'd...
The launch of NASA's Psyche mission to explore a main-beltmetal asteroid has been delayed from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12 tocomplete a verification of the spacecraft's cold nitrogen gasthruster performance.The thrusters provide pointing for science operations,solar power generation, thermal control and ...
As Florida braces for the arrival of Tropical Storm Helene, the launch of NASA's Crew-9 mission from the Kennedy Space Center has once again been delayed. The launch of two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) was originally set for Thursday, September 26, but has now been ...
Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone that brings it closer to its August 2022 launch date. Now the mission is moving from planning and designing to high-gear manufacturing of the spacecraft hardware that will fly to ...
The “holy grail” of asteroids for future space miners is 16 Psyche,with early estimates suggesting it has a total net worth of $700 quintillion in heavy metals. NASA has already planned a mission to reach the space rock by 2026.
— NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will test next-gen laser communications in space — How NASA's new laser communications mission will work in space — NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission will have a big impact on astronomy. Here's how The task requires astronomical precision, and automated ...
And that was the beginning of the mission. Elkins-Tanton became the principal investigator and is currently in the final phases of shepherding the mission to its launch, in August 2022.The Psyche spacecraft’s high-gain antenna undergoing testing in late 2020 © Johns Hopkin...
NASA’s Psyche mission to a distant metal asteroid will carry a revolutionary Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASAandSpaceXpostpone the Psyche mission launch to October 12 for further thruster parameter verification, with a launch window until October...