NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which is headed toward a big and bizarre metal asteroid, has delivered a stunning perspective of ...

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking ...

Ahead of the craft is a six-year, 2.2 billion-mile expedition to the Psyche asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Here's what to know about the Psyche mission.

NASA’s Psyche mission to a unique, metallic asteroid of the same name launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 10:20 a.m. Eastern on October 13 via a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

The Psyche mission’s imagers will begin transmitting data to Earth as soon as the spacecraft spots the asteroid. Also along for the ride is the Deep Space Optical Communications technology ...

Psyche was discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid for Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was born mortal and married Eros (Roman ...

The Psyche mission had a narrow window of just a few weeks to get off the ground, taking advantage of an alignment of the planets to enable its entry into the asteroid belt between Mars and ...

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“We’ve seen meteorites that are mostly metal, but Psyche could be unique in that it might be an asteroid that is totally made of iron and nickel,” said Dr. Tracy Becker, a planetary ...

Either way, 16 Psyche is an intriguing object in our Solar System that pretty soon we’re going to know much more about. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.