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Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k i / 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 beginning in 2029. [8]
The Psyche mission will also be the first to use Hall-effect thrusters, a type of solar electric propulsion system, in deep space. The system works by harnessing energy from solar arrays and then ...
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.
Why does this mission take so long? 15:01, Andrew Griffin. Psyche won’t arrive at its asteroid (also called Psyche) for another six years, in 2029. That’s partly so that it can save fuel: the ...
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is an American planetary scientist and professor [1] whose research concerns terrestrial planetary evolution. She is the Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche mission to explore the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, Arizona State University Vice President of the Interplanetary Initiative, and co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company training and measuring collaborative ...
16 Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k iː / SY-kee) is a large M-type asteroid, which was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, on 17 March 1852 and named after the Greek goddess Psyche. [ 10 ]
An independent review board gave NASA’s Psyche mission the green light and its seal of approval following a scathing review in 2022. The Psyche mission, which will head to the asteroid belt, was ...
A Deep Space Optical Communication demonstration is included with NASA's Psyche mission, launched on October 13, 2023. The Psyche spacecraft will explore the metal asteroid 16 Psyche, reaching the asteroid belt in 2029. [10] [11] [12] DSOC first light was achieved on November 14, 2023. The experiment successfully transmitted a 15-second ultra ...