Building NASA's Psyche: design done, now full speed ahead on hardware
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 16:10
in Astronomy & Space
Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone that brings it closer to its August 2022 launch date. Now the mission is moving from planning and designing to high-gear manufacturing of the spacecraft hardware that will fly to its target in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.