NASA is preparing to launch its Psyche spacecraft on the first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid up close. The Psyche mission is set to blast off on Thursday (Oct. 12) from NASA's ...

NASA has launched its first mission to a mysterious world made largely of metal, on a journey to find out whether the asteroid is the exposed core of an early planetary building block from the ...

NASA’s Psyche Mission, launched on October 13, 2023, is on its way to explore 16 Psyche, a massive metallic asteroid valued at an astonishing $10 quintillion—enough to hypothetically make every person ...

NASA’s mission to the still, metal heart of a proto-planet isn’t dead after all. The agency announced on October 28 that after months of scrutiny, an independent review board has decided it’s possible ...

A NASA JPL mission launched Friday, marking a space exploration milestone: the Psyche mission is the first time the space agency has sent a probe to a world primarily made of metal, rather than rocks ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Psyche mission to a unique, metallic asteroid of the same ...

A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft lifted off atop one of ...

UPDATE: NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft at 10:19 am EDT on Oct. 13 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The original launch was delayed because of inclement weather. Psyche’s goal is to perform 21 ...

The heart of our own planet lies frustratingly out of reach of scientists, who are instead turning their sights to the skies to learn more about what's located far below Earth's rocky mantle and crust ...

The mission team continues to complete testing of the spacecraft’s flight software in preparation for the 2023 launch date. NASA announced Friday the agency decided its Psyche mission will go forward, ...

On Friday, NASA held a press call to announce that its planned mission to the asteroid Psyche, planned for launch this autumn, was on indefinite hold. While the spacecraft is ready and has been ...

The Psyche spacecraft, the vessel of an ASU-led mission to a giant, mostly metal asteroid, passed a series of critical tests over several months at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, putting the ...