PI Daily, January 2024
By Lindy Elkins-Tanton Starting January 1, 2020…
a new series of daily mission activity Tweets from Psyche Principal Investigator (PI) Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
#PI_Daily
The goal? To share an inside look at the chores, challenges, tasks, assignments, duties, and more taken on by a NASA mission PI!
Follow along on @MissionToPsyche or below.
Taters the Space Laser Cat is famous! @MissionToPsyche #DSOC #PI_Daily https://t.co/rJiy3b1D6p
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 3, 2024
Day 84 of @MissionToPsyche. Spacecraft is about 1/3 of an AU away from Earth, = 2.8 minutes one-way light time, and ~130 x farther than the Moon. Baking out and testing the last two of the 4 elec prop thrusters, going well! #PI_Daily
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 4, 2024
Love that @MissionToPsyche launch photo, bottom right! @SpaceX #PI_Daily https://t.co/DvrC8VhN0J
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 5, 2024
Mission Day 89
System mode = SYS_NOMINAL
Spacecraft is power positive and thermally stable.Big group for the @MissionToPsyche all-team this morning. We've commissioned all four elec prop thrusters, and we're almost to the end of initial checkout! #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/htWOAFFPcb
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 9, 2024
It's @MissionToPsyche mission day #96 and the spacecraft is 63,730,000 km away, or 165 "MoonAU," that is, 165 times the distance between the Moon & Earth. #PI_Daily
Status: SYS_NOMINAL. 😀 pic.twitter.com/VH4bj5Okkt
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 16, 2024
For the @MissionToPsyche launch, @NASA invited some active social media users to launch. I had a great time talking with the international group, but had no idea the impact the visit would have! Check out this amazing blog post…#PI_Dailyhttps://t.co/MOrMgqMnN2
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 16, 2024
Happy @MissionToPsyche mission day 100!!
The spacecraft is SYS_NOMINAL, and about 180 times farther from Earth than the Moon is, equivalent to about 4 light minutes away. #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/ildnDcNQdg— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 20, 2024