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NASA's Psyche mission is set to fly by Mars today—here's how you can keep track of it
The spacecraft is en route to a mysterious object and needs Mars' gravity to give itself a boost.
"The only reason for this flyby is to get a little help from Mars to speed us up and tilt our trajectory in the direction of ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will fly past Mars on May 15, 2026, using the planet’s gravity to accelerate toward asteroid Psyche.
A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will ...
NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft ...
The image was captured on May 14 as the asteroid-bound spacecraft approaches Mars could be mistaken for an eclipse.
Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) ...
Una nave espacial de la NASA que persigue un raro asteroide metálico pasará cerca de Marte esta semana para recibir un impulso gravitacional, tomando miles de fotografías como práctica para el ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,800 miles of Mars on Friday, May 15, using the planet’s gravitational pull to ...
Psyche will travel quite close to Mars, coming within just 2,800 miles of the red planet's surface at its nearest point, according to NASA. Slingshotting past at about 12,333 miles per hour, the ...
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