Tag: space

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

August 28, 2017 / Lindy Elkins-Tanton

What in the world is Phase B?

I think it’s taken me these six months to figure out Phase B, where we are right now, myself. Let me share.

This image shows the Principal Investigator, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, and other members of the team.

August 22, 2017 / Lindy Elkins-Tanton

The day that NASA called

This is the Facebook post that I wrote that day, January 4, 2017: I just looked up and it is now dark out, and 8:00 at night…the day has more than flown, it has evaporated.

This artist's rendition depicts the Psyche asteroid being bombarded.

August 15, 2017 / Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Waiting

This is the Facebook post that I wrote three days before selection, January 1, 2017…

At the top of the image it says "Psyche - Journey to a Metal World" and below are two planets colliding.

August 13, 2017 / Lindy Elkins-Tanton

The birth of a space mission

This July we were back in our little house up in the hills of Massachusetts, and I saw still sitting next to the phone the giant-size Post-It…