NASA has chosen SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy as the launch vehicle for its mission to the asteroid known as Psyche. Psyche, a very special asteroid that is believed to be largely made of metal.

this was most recently seen with the promising results of its OSIRIS-REx mission, which retrieved samples containing organic ...

Psyche Mission: First to Metal, an Origin Story is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

After escaping Earth's gravity, the spacecraft will use solar electric propulsion to accomplish its six-year journey to the asteroid Psyche. Psyche is set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at ...

The mission is supposed to be part of the ... Planetary scientists think the Psyche asteroid is an archaeological treasure, a remnant of the early, violent era of the solar system when thousands ...

The mission could encounter the asteroid as early as 2028, but multiple launch windows have been identified. This mission could also conduct a sample return, complementing the Hayabusa 1 and 2 ...

In late January this year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its cameras to the sky and captured some incredible images. The twin cameras onboard, part of the spacecraft’s imaging system, photographed ...

NASA's highly anticipated "Psyche" mission is set to embark on an extraordinary journey to explore an asteroid that holds the tantalizing potential of being worth an astonishing $100,000 quadrillion.

The spacecraft will eject a capsule full of asteroid samples that will parachute to the Utah Test and Training Range to be studied by scientists. NASA/JPL-Caltech Oct 5: NASA Psyche mission In the ...