Contibutors:
NASA
Arizona State University
Maxar Technologies
SpaceX
nasa.gov/psyche
psyche.asu.edu
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche
Psyche on Wikipedia
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Contibutors:
NASA
Arizona State University
Maxar Technologies
SpaceX
nasa.gov/psyche
psyche.asu.edu
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche
Psyche on Wikipedia
https://youtu.be/cgtiwqVWfgc
Introduction to the NASA Psyche Mission
Sep 19, 2018
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Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, is made almost entirely of nickel-iron metal. As such, it offers a unique look into the violent collisions that created Earth and the terrestrial planets.
The Psyche Mission to this asteroid is in NASA's Planetary Science Division’s Discovery Program. The Psyche Mission’s principal investigator, Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University, narrates this video.
The ASU-led Mission to Psyche is targeted to launch in August 2022, arriving in 2026. After arrival, the mission plan calls for 21 months orbiting the asteroid, mapping it and studying its properties.
The mission is led by Arizona State University. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. The spacecraft’s solar-electric propulsion chassis will be built by SSL.
https://youtu.be/DpnC25orhHU
Psyche: mission to a metal asteroid
Dec 6, 2019
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Do you ever wonder what the heart of a baby planet is like? NASA does, too! Psyche is an orbiter mission now in development to visit the asteroid named Psyche, one of our solar system’s most unique objects. As far as scientists can tell by examining it from the Earth, it is a large, perhaps mostly-metal asteroid big enough to span the distance from Los Angeles to San Diego... and it may be the now-exposed core of a protoplanet. Come learn about the details from Tracy Drain, the mission’s Deputy Project System Engineer.
Tracy Drain, Systems Engineer working at NASA’s JPL
https://youtu.be/bqytNnIbIf8?si=dhDxTmYQXcO4pQ7s
Psyche launch
Oct 13, 2023
Falcon Heavy, reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, SpaceXQuote:
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 13 October 2023, at 14:19 UTC (10:19 EDT).
Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters (B1064 and B1065) landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, having previously supported USSF-44, USSF-67 and JUPITER 3. Due to mission requirements, the core booster (B1079) was not planned to be recovered. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
https://youtu.be/DG6s3U63gxE?si=lNXz2l1wcxAZfbuC
Psyche deployment
Oct 13, 2023
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft was successfully deployed into an interplanetary transfer orbit approximately one hour and 3 minutes after being launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 13 October 2023, at 14:19 UTC (10:19 EDT).
Article "NASA launches Psyche mission to metal world"
by Jeff Foust
October 13, 2023