Gallery Type: Videos & Animations

October 29, 2024

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 day, discuss mission operations and accomplishments...

December 19, 2023

NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. NASA’s Deep Space Optical...

October 13, 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 belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche...

October 13, 2023

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 launch at 10:19 a.m. EDT (1419 UTC) Friday,...

October 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 from NASA, SpaceX, and the U.S. Space...

October 12, 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 leftover material from the core of a planetesimal,...

October 12, 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 Heavy blast off! Learn more about this first-of-its-kind...

October 5, 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 the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, could...

September 29, 2023

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, accompanied by original artwork created by...
Thumbnail illustration showing asteroid and spacecraft.

September 28, 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. Planetary scientist and Psyche mission...
Thumbnail illustration showing asteroid and spacecraft and Earth with a radio antenna

September 28, 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 X-band radio waves bouncing back and forth...
Thumbnail image showing the Psyche spacecraft communicating with Earth via the Deep Space Optical Communications laser.

September 28, 2023

Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications

How might lasers revolutionize deep space communications? NASA will test high-bandwidth laser (or optical) communications for the first time beyond the Moon with a pioneering technology demonstration...