February 8, 2024 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser from DSOC, aboard NASA’s Psyche mission. An experimental...
December 22, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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...
December 6, 2023 / Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Set 6.5 feet (2 meters) away from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on the tip of a boom, the mission’s gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) hummed to life on Nov. 6 for the first time since launch in mid-October....
December 5, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13, 2023. The latest is the operation of the spacecraft’s cameras. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft...
November 17, 2023 / NASA
DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time. NASA’s Deep Space...
October 13, 2023 / NASA
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell us more about the formation of rocky planets. Psyche successfully launched 10:19...
January 16, 2024 / Brooke Owen
By: Kate Stark, Brooke Owen, and Marc Rassel Kate Stark Since I can remember, space has always fascinated me — so captivating that it sparks my imagination and fills me with awe. My love for...
November 2, 2023 / Paige Arthur
My eyes flew open in the dark. I glanced at the digital clock on my bedside table — 3:30 in the morning, nearly two hours before my alarm was set to go off. Knowing there was no way I could...
October 12, 2023 / NASA
Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s Psyche mission at 10:19 a.m....
October 11, 2023 / NASA
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Oct. 12 launch of the agency’s Psyche mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting launch at 10:19 a.m. EDT Friday,...
September 28, 2023 / NASA
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...
September 25, 2023 / NASA
Now that fueling and testing are complete, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is ready to meet its ride – a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Launch is now targeting 10:34 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 5 from...
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