Psyche is a NASA mission that will explore a 140-mile-wide (225 kilometers) metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche. The mission launched on Oct. 13, 2023, at 10:19 a.m. EDT (1419 GMT) atop a SpaceX ...

NASA is about to find out. When NASA's Psyche spacecraft reaches its target asteroid, a mysterious world of metal, it will encounter landscapes like nothing ever seen before. Illustration by NASA ...

On Tuesday (April 29), NASA announced that its Psyche probe has suffered a setback concerning its propulsion system while nearly 150 million miles (238 million kilometers) from our planet.

You might have heard that the asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of NASA's upcoming Psyche mission, is worth $100,000 quadrillion. But how can you really pinpoint an asteroid's monetary value?

Launched on Oct. 13, 2023, the NASA mission to visit the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche aims to find crucial clues about the formation of our solar system's planets. When you purchase through links ...

An illustration of the Psyche spacecraft and its asteroid. NASA The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an effort to ...

The Psyche mission’s 2022 launch window, which opened on August 1 and closes on October 11, will come to an end before the spacecraft’s flight software is ready. A delay in delivering the ...

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft headed to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft launched in October 2023 and ...

Depending on the results of an independent review, budget impacts and other factors, the cost-capped Discovery-class Psyche mission could face cancellation. "NASA takes the cost and schedule ...

After years of planning and a year-long delay, NASA is planning to launch Psyche from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday at 10:16 a.m. ET. Psyche is named for the ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.