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Psyche: A Heavy Metal Tribute to #MissionToPsyche
...Psyche’s journey to a metal world inspired Psyche super-fan Terry Glaze to get #PsycheSpaceCRAFTY with this heavy metal tribute to the mission,...
09-29-2023
Psyche Mission Timeline Image
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft takes a spiral path to the asteroid Psyche, as depicted in this graphic that shows the path from above the plane of the...
09-11-2023
Psyche Launch Ascent Timeline
...This graphic shows the expected timeline of milestones immediately following liftoff for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft if Psyche launches at the beginning...
09-11-2023
Psyche Orbital Operations
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will gather science at the asteroid Psyche at four orbit altitudes, as depicted in this graphic. It has been updated...
09-11-2023
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF)
...Technicians connected NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to the payload attach fitting inside the clean room at Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville,...
09-25-2023
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF)
...Technicians connected NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to the payload attach fitting inside the clean room at Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville,...
09-25-2023
Psyche Power System Engineer Ben Inouye – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Ben Inouye, a power system engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In...
09-07-2023
Psyche Electrical Engineer Luis Dominguez – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Luis Dominguez, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In this video,...
09-21-2023
Psyche Mission Launches From Kennedy Space Center (Highlights)
...Highlights from the Oct. 13, 2023, launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which will travel 2.2 billion miles to a metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid...
10-13-2023
NASA’s Psyche Gets Its Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed
...The solar arrays for NASA’s Psyche mission underwent a final deployment test and were permanently installed on the spacecraft at Astrotech Space Operations...
08-03-2023
Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li – Behind the Spacecraft
...Join us LIVE as we chat with Julie Li, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid. Li, of Maxar...
09-13-2023
#MissionToPsyche: The Science Behind the Psyche Spacecraft (News Briefing)
...The Psyche spacecraft will journey 2.2 billion miles to an asteroid that scientists hypothesize is made of substantial amounts of metal. It may contain...
10-12-2023
Artist’s Conception of Psyche spacecraft at Psyche asteroid
...This artist’s conception shows the Psyche spacecraft near the surface of the Psyche asteroid....
01-10-2018
Psyche Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept)
...This artist’s concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will...
07-14-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is mounted onto a rotation fixture in High Bay 1 of the Spacecraft Assembly...
03-29-2021
Psyche Transport from Astrotech to LC 39A
...Teams transport NASA’s encapsulated Psyche spacecraft from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy...
10-11-2023
Meet the NASA Psyche team who will map Psyche’s elemental composition
...Meet the team designing and building the Psyche mission’s gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer. This instrument on the spacecraft will detect, measure,...
07-07-2020
Psyche Launches to a Metal Asteroid (Official NASA Broadcast)
...Watch the Psyche spacecraft launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting...
10-13-2023
Psyche’s Spectrometer
...Sam Fix work on the Gamma-Ray/Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) instrument that will launch aboard the Psyche spacecraft in 2022 to detect, measure and map...
07-14-2020
Small-Scale Mix of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration
...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche...
03-29-2021
Large Regions of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration
...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche...
03-29-2021
Psyche Encapsulation
...Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in its payload fairings – the cone at the top of the rocket – at the Astrotech Space Operations...
10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation
...Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in its payload fairings – the cone at the top of the rocket – at the Astrotech Space Operations...
10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation
...Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in its payload fairings – the cone at the top of the rocket – at the Astrotech Space Operations...
10-11-2023
NASA Psyche Online Courses
...While the spacecraft and instruments of the NASA Psyche Mission are being designed and built in preparation for launch to the Psyche asteroid in 2022,...
01-25-2020
Psyche Flight Systems Engineer Christina Hernandez – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Christina Hernandez, a flight systems engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named...
08-22-2023
Psyche Power Electronics Engineer Meena Sreekantamurthy – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Meena Sreekantamurthy, a power electronics engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also...
08-30-2023
Imaging a Metal World
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will use highly sensitive cameras to allow scientists to see a metal-rich asteroid that’s never been imaged up close before....
09-28-2023
NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal-Rich Asteroid (Teaser Trailer)
...There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, so why is NASA going to the asteroid Psyche? Scientists think this particular asteroid, which orbits...
10-05-2023
NASA EDGE: Live Psyche Prelaunch Show
...Get ready for the Psyche launch with NASA EDGE! We cover Psyche, DSOC, and Mic Woltman of LSP. I mean, what else do you need ahead of SpaceX Falcon...
10-12-2023
Psyche Mission Prepares for Launch to a Metal World (News Briefing)
...The Psyche mission is expected to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 12, 2023, at 7:16 a.m. PT / 10:16 a.m. ET. Join experts...
10-12-2023
Mission to Psyche: One Year Into the Spacecraft’s Journey to a Metal-Rich Asteroid
...One year after a successful launch on Oct. 13, 2023, team members on the Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name reflect on launch...
10-29-2024
Psyche Spacecraft
...A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase...
03-29-2021
NASA’s Psyche: Picking up Launch Prep for 2023
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space...
01-24-2023
Using Gravity to Study an Asteroid
...NASA’s Psyche mission will use gravity to study the interior structure of its asteroid target, also named Psyche. By measuring subtle changes in the...
09-28-2023
Psyche in Progress
...The main body of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, called the Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis, is in a clean room at Maxar Technologies in Palo...
07-14-2020
Psyche Spacecraft Illustration
...This illustration, updated as of March 2021, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a...
03-29-2021
Psyche Liftoff
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 10:19...
11-02-2023
Psyche Mission: Simone Marchi Science Team Co-Investigator
...One of the first steps in understanding the geology of Psyche is for the Psyche science team to find out more about collisions and crater formation...
09-05-2019
NASA Psyche Mission: Charting a Metallic World
...In this artist’s rendition, we explore a metallic world named Psyche, an asteroid that offers a unique window into the building blocks of planet formation....
09-08-2021
New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team
...something that will be rocketed into space, never to be seen again on our planet? For the scientists, engineers, and technicians behind NASA’s Psyche...
08-21-2023
Preparing Psyche’s Thruster Installation
...Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California prepare to integrate four Hall thrusters (beneath red protective covers)...
09-20-2021
Orbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)
...This illustration shows how NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore the asteroid Psyche, beginning with Orbit A when it arrives at the asteroid...
12-20-2021
Spacecraft in Integration & Test
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is captured here on August 18, 2021, in a clean room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California...
08-24-2021
Psyche’s Thruster Integration Underway
...Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California work to integrate Hall thrusters into the agency’s Psyche spacecraft...
09-20-2021
Psyche Launch
...A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
11-02-2023
Psyche: Join the Journey to a Metal World
...Join the Psyche team to explore why this mission was selected for NASA’s Discovery Program, how we’ll get to the asteroid, what we hope to learn...
04-03-2018
Psyche Inspired Overview Video
...An overview of the Psyche Inspired program. Directed by: Brooke Owen Introduction stop motion video by: Nikka Bacalzo Music by: Isaac Wisdom Edited...
04-12-2018
Psyche’s Story
...its mantle, leaving only core material. The mission to Psyche may be able to tell us about how planets everywhere form and about what’s inside the...
12-07-2017
NASA Psyche Mission: Undergraduate Capstone Projects
...Wonder what it’s like to be a part of a capstone project for a NASA mission? The NASA Psyche Mission offers capstone projects to undergraduate students...
11-12-2019
Psyche Mission: Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy
...Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to his current role as Curator-in-Charge...
01-26-2020
Psyche Spacecraft Chassis Arrival at JPL
...A spacecraft’s journey doesn’t begin on the launchpad. Our Psyche spacecraft will explore an asteroid, but first we have to finish building it....
03-29-2021
Meet NASA’s Psyche Team Who Will Measure the Asteroid’s Magnetic Field
...NASA’s Psyche team will measure the asteroid’s magnetic field using a magnetometer. This instrument is composed of two identical high-sensitivity...
06-30-2021
NASA’s Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer
...Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team prepares for a targeted Oct. 5, 2023, launch to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun...
07-18-2023
Psyche Close-up
...This artist’s conception shows a close-up of the surface of the Psyche asteroid....
01-10-2018
3D-Printed Psyche Asteroid Models
Large painted 3-D model of the Psyche Asteroid
12-02-2017
3D-Printed Psyche Asteroid Model
Painted 3-D model of the Psyche Asteroid
12-02-2017
Psyche Multispectral Imager: First Light
...A so-called “First Light” photo taken using the prototype Imager electronics and CCD but with no filters yet and only simple, non-flight-like...
04-20-2020
Psyche Multispectral Imager: Green Filter
...Psyche’s first filters have arrived! The image shows an example of one of the glass color filters that will go into the rectangular holes in the filter...
04-21-2020
Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion
...Psyche engineers adapted to COVID-19 social distancing and masking requirements while testing the Hall thrusters that will propel NASA’s Psyche...
07-14-2020
Psyche Spacecraft: Main Body
...Psyche’s SEP chassis is currently in main body integration in Maxar’s Palo Alto, Calif. manufacturing facility. The equipment panels have been mated...
12-01-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to...
03-12-2021
Psyche Neutron Spectrometer
The Psyche neutron spectrometer uses three cylinders filled with a gas of helium-3, an isotope of helium that will rapidly grab free neutrons emitted by...
09-02-2021
Psyche Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
The Psyche gamma-ray spectrometer uses a high-purified germanium crystal to capture gamma rays emitted by asteroid Psyche. These gamma rays can reveal...
09-02-2021
Psyche Thrusters: Integration Complete
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is photographed in July 2021 during the mission’s assembly, test, and launch operations phase at the agency’s...
09-20-2021
First Images From NASA’s Psyche
...This mosaic was made from “first light” images acquired by both of the cameras on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on Dec. 4, 2023. The field...
12-05-2023
Artist’s Conception of the Psyche Asteroid
...This artist’s conception shows a close-up of the Psyche asteroid. Image Credit: Peter Rubin...
02-05-2018
Integration of Part of Psyche’s Electric Propulsion Subsystem
A Maxar technician prepares to integrate part of Psyche’s electric propulsion subsystem.
04-16-2020
Testing the Psyche Spacecraft
Psyche’s spacecraft body being tested at Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility.
04-16-2020
Psyche Multispectral Imager Filter Wheel
...A photo of one of the Psyche Multispectral Imager flight filter wheels, recently completed by Malin Space Science Systems’ mechanisms subcontractor...
04-20-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Psyche spacecraft is making progress in Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. In the last few weeks, the solar electric propulsion...
10-22-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Psyche spacecraft is making progress in Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. In the last few weeks, the solar electric propulsion...
10-22-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Psyche spacecraft is making progress in Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. In the last few weeks, the solar electric propulsion...
10-22-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Psyche spacecraft is making progress in Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. In the last few weeks, the solar electric propulsion...
10-22-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...The Psyche spacecraft is making progress in Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. In the last few weeks, the solar electric propulsion...
10-22-2020
Psyche Spacecraft: High Gain Antenna
Psyche’s high gain antenna has completed fabrication and is undergoing standard testing in Maxar’s Near Field Range to verify that it will work as...
12-01-2020
Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Transport
...The Maxar team prepares the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis for shipment to NASA’s JPL. Credit: Maxar Technologies...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Transport
...Maxar engineers prepare the Psyche spacecraft bus for transport to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Credit: Maxar Technologies...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Transport
...The Maxar team prepares the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis for shipment to NASA’s JPL. Credit: Maxar Technologies...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Transport
...The Maxar team prepares the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis for shipment to NASA’s JPL. Credit: Maxar Technologies...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Transport
...The Maxar team prepares the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis for shipment to NASA’s JPL. Credit: Maxar Technologies...
03-29-2021
Psyche Impact Illustration
...This artist’s illustration imagines a violent collision early in Psyche’s history....
06-16-2021
Psyche Collision Illustration
...This artist’s illustration imagines a violent collision early in Psyche’s history....
06-16-2021
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Psyche Team
...The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Psyche team gathered earlier this summer for a reception in Building 200. Members of the team hold...
09-02-2021
Psyche LEGO Model Assembly
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02-24-2018
Psyche Spacecraft Paper Model Assembly
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12-08-2017
Psyche Mission
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12-07-2017
ASU KEDtalk: Psyche – Journey to a Metal World
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a planetary scientist and director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. She’s also one of...
12-03-2017
Psyche
10-16-2018
Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications
...– from robotic spacecraft and from future astronauts exploring Mars. DSOC is attached to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft and will send and receive signals...
09-28-2023
Launch Complex 39A
...A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission, Wednesday,...
11-02-2023
Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
...Images of the Psyche Gamma-Ray Spectrometer flight unit lid with its “special part number,” next to the fully-built engineering test unit. This...
10-29-2020
Engineering Process Part 2
...Watch this video to learn about the engineering process and see how it is implemented in real life with the NASA Psyche Mission! Downloadable video...
12-31-2019
Jim Bell
...Dr. Jim Bell, Psyche Deputy Principal Investigator....
12-03-2017
DSOC in High Bay 2
...The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration arrived at JPL’s High Bay 2 in preparation for integration onto the Psyche...
06-22-2021