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Psyche

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Psyche ( SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project. The spacecraft will orbit the asteroid from August 5, 2029, to October 31, 2031, spending 817 days in orbit. Psyche uses solar-powered Hall-effect thrusters for propulsion and orbital maneuvering, the first interplanetary spacecraft...

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Psyche ( SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project. The spacecraft will orbit the asteroid from August 5, 2029, to October 31, 2031, spending 817 days in orbit. Psyche uses solar-powered Hall-effect thrusters for propulsion and orbital maneuvering, the first interplanetary spacecraft...

Hero image for Psyche — Pictured·NASA·NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist

2026

NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity AssistGOV15 Jun 2026

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of MarsGOV15 Jun 2026

2025

NASA just launched the Psyche mission—no one knows what it will find13 Oct 2025

NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion SystemGOV15 Jun 2025

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Resumes Full-Time PropulsionGOV15 Jun 2025

Overview of the deep space optical communications (DSOC) technology demonstration15 Jun 2025

2024

NASA's Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million MilesGOV25 Apr 2024

2023

Taters the cat stars in NASA's first video streamed from deep space21 Dec 2023

NASA launches a spacecraft to visit Psyche, an unseen metal world13 Oct 2023

NASA launches Psyche mission to metal world13 Oct 2023

Psyche Spacecraft Separates From Falcon Heavy Second StageGOV13 Oct 2023

Bad weather delays SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission to Oct. 1312 Oct 2023

Weather Delays NASA's Psyche Launch, Now Targeting Oct. 13GOV11 Oct 2023

Psyche Press Kit – MissionGOV29 Sep 2023

NASA delays Psyche launch a week29 Sep 2023

Launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue28 Sep 2023

Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols18 Sep 2023

Psyche Orbital OperationsGOV1 Sep 2023

The Road to October 2023: NASA's Psyche Has an Updated Mission PlanGOV29 Mar 2023

2022

Janus Mission Removed from 2023 Psyche Launch Manifest – JanusGOV18 Nov 2022

Psyche review finds institutional problems at JPL5 Nov 2022

Summary of NASA Responses to Psyche Independent Review BoardGOV4 Nov 2022

NASA Continues Psyche Asteroid MissionGOV28 Oct 2022

The Psyche Gravity Investigation18 Oct 2022

Shake and Bake: NASA's Psyche Is Tested in Spacelike ConditionsGOV3 Apr 2022

2021

Solar Electric Propulsion Makes NASA's Psyche Spacecraft GoGOV20 Sep 2021

Solar Electric Propulsion Makes NASA's Psyche Spacecraft GoGOV20 Sep 2021

Asteroid 16 Psyche: Shape, Features, and Global Map15 Jun 2021

2020

Observations, meteorites, and models: A preflight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) PsycheGOV15 Jun 2020

NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch Psyche mission to metal asteroid in 20222 Mar 2020

Falcon Heavy to launch NASA Psyche asteroid mission28 Feb 2020

FY 2021 President's Budget Request SummaryGOV10 Feb 2020

2019

Proposed NASA SmallSat Mission Could Be First To Visit Pallas, Our Third Largest Asteroid10 Mar 2019

2017

Deep Space Communications via Faraway PhotonsGOV18 Oct 2017

"Lighten Up" – Deep Space Communications via Faraway PhotonsGOV18 Oct 2017

NASA Glenn tests solar electric propulsion thruster for journey to metal world9 Oct 2017

NASA Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal WorldGOV28 Sep 2017

Psyche OverviewGOV14 Sep 2017

Development of the Psyche Mission for NASA's Discovery Program15 Jun 2017

New Avenues for Research and Development of Electric Propulsion Thrusters at SSL15 Jun 2017

NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal AsteroidGOV24 May 2017

Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)GOV22 May 2017

Radar observations and shape model of asteroid 16 Psyche15 Jan 2017

A Metal Ball the Size of Massachusetts That NASA Wants to Explore6 Jan 2017

NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar SystemGOV4 Jan 2017

2015

Lab-Johns Hopkins team tapped to work on possible NASA effort to explore asteroidGOV4 Nov 2015

SSL is JPL Industrial Partner for NASA Asteroid Exploration Mission Opportunity26 Oct 2015

NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary MissionGOV30 Sep 2015

NASA – Ion PropulsionGOV18 Aug 2015

Evolved Commercial Solar Electric Propulsion: A Foundation for Major Space Exploration Missions15 Jun 2015

2014

NASA Drops Laser Comm Requirement From Discovery Solicitation6 Nov 2014

Journey to a Metal World: Concept for a Discovery Mission to Psyche15 Jun 2014

Qualification of the SPT-140 for use on Western Spacecraft15 Jun 2014

LPI Contribution No. 177712 Mar 2014

Mission to a Metallic World: A Discovery Proposal to Fly to the Asteroid Psyche19 Feb 2014

1999

Native Electric Propulsion Engines Today15 Jun 1999

Undated

Psyche: Journey to a Metallic World

NASA Announces Launch Delay for Its Psyche Asteroid MissionGOV

NASA's Psyche fires up its sci-fi-worthy thrusters

Navigation Models for Psyche Electric Propulsion UncertaintyGOV

Solar Electric Propulsion: Introduction, Applications and Status

SPT-140 | UM PEPL

NASA's Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via LaserGOV

NASA’s New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space LaserGOV

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to AsteroidGOV

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich AsteroidGOV

Psyche (nave espacial)

In the 2020s NASA will launch spacecraft to study Jupiter's asteroids, and another made of metal

NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary MissionGOV

Asteroide (16) Psique - Misión Psyche

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