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October 10, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

5 Things to Know About NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 12, 2023, with a new target launch date. Slated to launch on Oct. 13 with the Psyche mission, DSOC will demonstrate technologies enabling the...
satellite with celestial body behind it

October 5, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission

The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system. With a launch readiness date set for...
NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

October 4, 2023 / NASA

NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of Psyche Mission

NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities ahead of the launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. The Psyche spacecraft will travel about 2.2 billion miles to study a metal-rich...

October 4, 2023 / NASA

NASA Sets Coverage for Psyche Spacecraft Launch to Metal World

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is targeted for 10:16 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, on a SpaceX...
This artist's conception shows the Psyche spacecraft against a starry background orbiting above the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

September 28, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Targeting Oct. 12 for Launch

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Oct. 12 at 10:16 a.m. EDT for a Falcon Heavy launch of the Psyche mission from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The change allows the NASA team to...
NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

September 7, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting Oct. 5 to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft’s solar arrays are folded...
satellite with celestial body behind it

September 6, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Psyche Press Kit

NASA’s Psyche mission is the first to a metal-rich asteroid, which is also named Psyche. The agency is targeting a launch period that opens Oct. 5, 2023. The mission will ride to space on a...
psyche team

August 21, 2023 / NASA

New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team

These short videos offer glimpses of the people who’ve helped make this upcoming journey to a metal-rich asteroid possible What motivates someone to labor for years to help build something...

August 8, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Deep Space Communications to Get a Laser Boost

The agency is testing technologies in space and on the ground that could increase bandwidth to transmit more complex science data and even stream video from Mars. Set to launch this fall, NASA’s...

August 3, 2023 / NASA

Solar Arrays Successfully Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has completed another milestone. Solar arrays are now ready to power the spacecraft on a 2.5-billion-mile (4-billion-kilometer) journey to a metal-rich asteroid to...
The high gain antenna of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft takes center stage in this photo, captured at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

July 18, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Enters Home Stretch Before Launch

With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Teams of engineers and technicians are working...

June 5, 2023 / NASA

Review Board: NASA-JPL Psyche Progress Outstanding, Launch on Track

Steps taken by NASA, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, and Caltech, to put the Psyche mission on track for an October 2023 launch have been outstanding, according...