Tag: Launch

January 16, 2024 / Brooke Owen

Our Journey to a Metal Tattoo

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

Last Glimpse

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...
satellite with celestial body behind it

October 5, 2023 / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission

The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system. With a launch readiness date set for...
This artist's conception shows the Psyche spacecraft against a starry background orbiting above the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

September 28, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Targeting Oct. 12 for Launch

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...
psyche bingo outreach graphic

August 30, 2023 / NASA

Play Bingo While Watching the Psyche Spacecraft Launch!

In October 2023, NASA will launch the Psyche mission, a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it may...

August 3, 2023 / NASA

Solar Arrays Successfully Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has completed another milestone. Solar arrays are now ready to power the spacecraft on a 2.5-billion-mile (4-billion-kilometer) journey to a metal-rich asteroid to...

August 3, 2023 / NASA

Solar Arrays Successfully Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has completed another milestone. Solar arrays are now ready to power the spacecraft on a 2.5-billion-mile (4-billion-kilometer) journey to a metal-rich asteroid to...
The high gain antenna of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft takes center stage in this photo, captured at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

July 18, 2023 / NASA

NASA’s Psyche Mission Enters Home Stretch Before Launch

With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Teams of engineers and technicians are working...

November 3, 2022 / NASA

NASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results

NASA will host a community townhall at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, Nov. 4, followed by a media teleconference at 1 p.m. to discuss the findings and recommendations of a report by the Psyche mission...

October 28, 2022 / NASA

NASA Continues Psyche Asteroid Mission

NASA announced Friday the agency decided its Psyche mission will go forward, targeting a launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023. Read the news release

This artist's conception shows the Psyche spacecraft against a starry background orbiting above the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

July 20, 2022 / NASA

Board Begins Review of NASA’s Psyche Mission

On July 19, Psyche’s independent review board met for the first time. The focus is on understanding technical issues that led to the delay, how the risk of delay was or was not understood...
This artist's conception shows a close-up of the heavily cratered surface of the Psyche asteroid.

July 14, 2022 / NASA

NASA Begins Psyche Mission Review

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have commissioned an independent review to examine project and institutional issues that led to the Psyche mission missing...