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This image is of the main body of the spacecraft (the bus) in a factory space.
Psyche Spacecraft After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to the... 03-12-2021
Psyche’s spacecraft body being tested at Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility.
Psyche Spacecraft After Maxar Technologies successfully installed Psyche’s High Gain Antenna, their team moved the Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis to the... 03-12-2021
This image is of Psyche’s high gain antenna which is black and in surrounded by blue insulation.
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
This image is of the black and silver main body of the Psyche Spacecraft. The equipment panels have been mated to Psyche’s propulsion module and technicians will soon begin installing attitude control components.
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
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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 gamma-ray... 10-29-2020
The body of the Psyche spacecraft is in progress. This image shows a black box with many wires sticking out of it.
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
Scientists and engineers are working on the body of the Psyche spacecraft.
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
The body of the Psyche spacecraft is in progress. This image shows a black box with many wires sticking out of it and an engineer standing nearby.
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
Two engineers are working on the body of the Psyche spacecraft.
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
Engineers are analyzing the construction of the Psyche spacecraft.
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 (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 explore... 07-14-2020
A technician prepares to integrate part of the electric propulsion system onto the main body of NASA's Psyche spacecraft at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California.
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 Alto,... 07-14-2020
Scientist in a lab wearing masks while holding their thumbs up.
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 spacecraft... 07-14-2020
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, make progress on the spectrometer for NASA's Psyche spacecraft, while observing COVID-19 safety procedures.
Psyche’s Spectrometer Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, continue to make progress on Psyche’s spectrometer while observing... 07-14-2020
Small green glass rectangle on white woven material.
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
This black-and-white image shows the ceiling of a lab with a man in a mask and glasses looking down.
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