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On January 4, 2017, Psyche was selected for the 14th Discovery mission, with launch set for 2023. [12] In May 2017, the launch date was moved up to target a more efficient trajectory, to July 2022 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle with a January 31, 2026 arrival, following a Mars gravity assist on May 23, 2023.
Nasa’s Psyche mission set to launch to ancient metal asteroid today: Live updates. Andrew Griffin. October 13, 2023 at 10:22 AM.
On 30 September 2015, the Psyche orbiter mission was one of five Discovery Program semifinalist proposals. [44] The mission was approved by NASA on 4 January 2017 and was originally targeted to launch in October 2023, with an Earth gravity assist maneuver in 2024, a Mars flyby in 2025, and arriving at the asteroid in 2030. [45]
The Psyche mission will also be the first to use Hall-effect thrusters, a type of solar electric propulsion system, in deep space. ... The Psyche spacecraft’s launch is the latest event in what ...
NASA has launched a spacecraft to study the metal asteroid Psyche to determine whether it’s the exposed core of an early planetary building block. Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip ...
Psyche's launch was again delayed on June 24, 2022, to an unspecified date after the end of 2022. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Janus was removed from the Psyche mission on 18 November 2022, after an assessment determined that it would not be on the required trajectory to meet its science requirements as a result of Psyche’s new launch period.
The Psyche mission will arrive at the metallic asteroid — also known as an M-type asteroid, and it’s the largest in the solar system — in 2029 and study it in orbit for about two years.
Spacecraft was to perform a series of lunar flybys before targeting asteroid in September 2023, but after launch contact was lost and later the mission was declared as a failure. 15 Discovery 14 Psyche: 16 November 2022: Falcon Heavy: NASA: 16 Psyche: Orbiter en route Arrives in August 2029. [14] 16 Hera: Hera: 7 October 2024: Falcon 9: ESA ...