Tag: Arizona State University

July 18, 2024 / Scott Bordow

9 months into a 6-year journey to a far-flung asteroid, NASA’s Psyche mission cruising along

These days, Lindy Elkins-Tanton is living out a Talking Heads song lyric: She’s keeping her feet on the ground and her head in the sky. Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of the Arizona...

October 26, 2023 / Models and Materials

Printable Asteroid Face Mask

Look no further for fun with our Psyche Asteroid face mask! Utilize the printable PDF to create your very own Psyche Asteroid, with instructions on how to make it into a unique face mask. You...

September 25, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Moves Toward Liftoff

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...
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...

March 29, 2023 / NASA

The Road to October 2023: NASA’s Psyche Has an Updated Mission Plan

NASA’s Psyche mission, which will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, is on track to launch in October 2023 after a one-year delay to complete critical testing. The launch period...

January 24, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Continues Preparation for Launch in 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 Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on...

January 24, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Continues Preparation for Launch in 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 Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on...

May 2, 2022 / Scott Bordow

A space mission that welcomes students onboard

Over 4,000 students and lifelong learners from across the nation have taken part in ASU’s Psyche Student Collaborations. Read the story

January 21, 2020 / Karin Valentine

ASU-led NASA Psyche mission offers free online course on team building from leadership experts

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, the mission management team at Arizona...

July 3, 2019 / Brooke Owen

NASA Psyche space mission arts program seeking undergraduates nationwide

The ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission is inviting undergraduate students from any university or community college in the U.S. and its territories to apply to become one of the space mission’s featured...

May 7, 2019 / Karin Valentine

ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission invites the public to be ‘spacecrafty’

The ASU-led NASA Psyche Mission, a journey to a unique metal world, has been inspiring professional and amateur artists since the announcement of the mission’s selection by NASA in early 2017....