Psyche - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Oct 13, 2023 · The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it appears to be the …
Psyche (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Psyche (/ ˈsaɪki / SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche …
Psyche Mission | A Mission to a Metal World
Dec 4, 2025 · NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 10:19 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. …
Psyche - Science@NASA
Jun 3, 2025 · Psyche is a NASA mission to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Psyche’s gravity will capture the …
Psyche Mission Overview - Science@NASA
Apr 17, 2025 · Psyche is a NASA mission to study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid …
NASA’s Psyche mission - the most unusual destination we’ve ... - MSN
Jan 21, 2026 · NASA is heading to Psyche—an asteroid unlike anything we’ve ever explored, believed to be packed with metal instead of rock and ice. Some scientists think Psyche could be the exposed …
NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
Dec 5, 2023 · NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on a roll. In the eight weeks since it left Earth on Oct. 13, the orbiter has performed one successful operation after another, powering on scientific instruments, …
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon - NASA
Aug 19, 2025 · NASA’s Psyche captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 kilometers) away in July 2025, as it calibrated its imager instrument. When choosing targets for …
Mission | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA is targeting a launch no earlier than Oct. 12, 2023 for the Psyche spacecraft. It will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a journey to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name.
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Resumes Full-Time Propulsion
Jun 20, 2025 · Psyche remains set for an on-time arrival in August 2029 at its target asteroid, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft launched from NASA’s Kennedy …