The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is critical for using Mars' gravity to slingshot the spacecraft deeper into ...

A recent study using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled new insights into the mysterious asteroid 16 Psyche. Once thought to be a metallic remnant of a planetesimal’s core, ...

NASA launches Psyche mission to metal-rich asteroid 08:53. Getting off to a ground-shaking start, NASA's $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe roared into space atop a Falcon Heavy rocket Friday ...

NASA’s Psyche mission aims to lift off October 12 — and be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planetary building block.

The mission, named for the 16 Psyche asteroid it will observe, will travel about 2.2 billion miles (3.6 billion kilometers) over the next six years to reach the space rock, located in the outer ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

Psyche, also known as 16 Psyche, was the 16th asteroid ever discovered, by an Italian astronomer named Annibale de Gasparis in 1852. Gasparis named it after the Greek goddess of the soul, NASA ...

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Ahead of the craft is a six-year, 2.2 billion-mile expedition to the Psyche asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Here's what to know about the Psyche mission.

As NASA prepares to launch in 2022 to explore asteroid 16 Psyche, new research reveals that it may not be the “failed planet” core that scientists suspected.

Located between Mars and Jupiter, Asteroid 16 Psyche is one of the most massive objects in the asteroid belt in our solar system, and with a diameter of about 140 miles, it is roughly the same ...