PI Daily, April 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.
Happy @MissionToPsyche mission day 173! Tomorrow we officially begin thrusting with our Hall Effect thrusters. We've been testing and commissioning them and we're ready to go. Expect…almost nothing…sloooow acceleration! #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/xMvRGTCOYy
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) April 2, 2024
This year's art is complete for the @MissionToPsyche Inspired interns — take a virtual tour of all that has been created! #PI_Daily https://t.co/fEK7L1hgQJ
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) April 24, 2024
It's @MissionToPsyche mission day #200!
The s/c is 1.98 AU from the Sun, and 712 times further than the Moon from us (1.83 AU).
All's well, and hope that all is well with you, too. #PI_Daily— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) April 29, 2024