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Psyche, Discovery Mission 14 - a visit to the metallic asteroid, 16 Psyche

PhilipTerryGraha... PhilipTerryGraham View Member Profile	Jan 4 2017, 08:24 PM Post #1
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 12-December 16 Member No.: 8089	#psychedforpsyche! Psyche has been selected by NASA as the 14th Discovery program mission, after Lucy. The mission aims to send a spacecraft in orbit around the M-type asteroid 16 Psyche, a metallic world theorized to be the exposed iron core of a former protoplanet the size of Mars. The spacecraft will launch in October 2023, with planned gravity assists of Earth in 2024 and Mars in 2025. It will arrive at 16 Psyche in 2030. The mission is led by the Arizona State University and Principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Be sure to check out the new subreddit, r/psychemission, as well!

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PhilipTerryGraham Psyche Jan 4 2017, 08:24 PM

mcaplinger https://sese.asu.edu/research/psyche The Psyche M... Jan 4 2017, 09:03 PM

Phil Stooke Psyche has a Mars Flyby, and it uses a camera deve... Jan 4 2017, 10:12 PM

PhilipTerryGraham Oh whoops. I guess I'm still getting used to t... Jan 4 2017, 11:48 PM

nprev Moved to Cometary & Asteroid Missions. Jan 5 2017, 02:33 AM

PhilipTerryGraham Many thanks, kind traveller! Jan 5 2017, 05:04 AM

Jaro_in_Montreal Linda Elkins-Tanton asks in "PSYCHE AND SPACE... Jan 5 2017, 11:33 PM

Habukaz So maybe we'll finally get a cartoon asteroid.... Jan 6 2017, 10:23 PM

Jaro_in_Montreal Or maybe more like a cartoon can ? . Jan 6 2017, 11:02 PM

Explorer1 List of targets is out, along with diameter and fl... Jan 9 2017, 05:14 PM

stevesliva Those are Lucy flybys, no? I don't see any en... Jan 9 2017, 05:27 PM

Explorer1 QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jan 9 2017, 09:27 AM)... Jan 9 2017, 06:18 PM

Paolo relevant to the mission: Detection of Rotational S... Jan 13 2017, 06:05 AM

TheAnt Water detected on Psyche - probably transported vi... Jan 23 2017, 10:13 PM

PhilipTerryGraham Thoughts on the official mission insignia? It look... Jan 31 2017, 09:28 PM

JRehling Nothing of any importance, but I thought it would ... Mar 15 2017, 05:19 AM

nprev Very nice! We'll call this the official ... Mar 15 2017, 05:46 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes The launch date for this mission has been moved up... May 25 2017, 02:01 PM

Explorer1 Trajectory calculators coming through again! T... May 25 2017, 08:16 PM

jasedm Wow! A very welcome development. It's ver... May 25 2017, 09:57 PM

Explorer1 Testing of the ion engines has started; this missi... Oct 1 2017, 01:58 PM

Explorer1 A possible piggyback flyby-mission to Pallas might... Mar 21 2019, 03:29 PM

PhilipTerryGraham QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 22 2019, 01:29 AM)... Jul 30 2019, 08:05 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (PhilipTerryGraham @ Jul 30 2019, 12... Jul 30 2019, 09:00 PM

Explorer1 Launcher selected (Falcon Heavy!): https://www... Feb 29 2020, 04:23 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes Hmmm... no mention of the proposed Athena probe t... Feb 29 2020, 04:34 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Feb 29 202... Feb 29 2020, 06:38 PM

Explorer1 A few more details here, including this bit about ... Mar 5 2020, 01:54 AM

nprev Hmm. Well, it's certainly possible that the pa... Mar 5 2020, 03:20 AM

Explorer1 The same reason I expect the dramatic spiked crate... Mar 5 2020, 04:41 AM

HSchirmer QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 5 2020, 05:41 AM) ... Mar 5 2020, 02:28 PM

Marcin600 I think the beauty of science is to verify our ima... Mar 5 2020, 03:14 PM

bobik Can someone give some insights into Psyche's m... May 21 2021, 09:27 AM

bobik QUOTE (bobik @ May 21 2021, 10:27 AM) Can... Nov 10 2021, 10:12 AM

Explorer1 A new release of many (42!) images of the larg... Oct 14 2021, 01:34 AM

JRehling I've only skimmed this so far, but it's a ... Oct 14 2021, 01:51 AM

Marcin600 QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 14 2021, 03:34 AM)... Oct 14 2021, 08:02 PM

B Bernatchez Launch has been delayed: https://spaceflightnow.c... May 25 2022, 12:20 AM

bobik Hmm, not much information yet, but according to th... May 25 2022, 06:19 AM

mcaplinger https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ann...ster... Jun 24 2022, 06:26 PM

tolis Psyche will still get to Psyche, just a bit later. Jun 24 2022, 08:42 PM

vjkane QUOTE (tolis @ Jun 24 2022, 01:42 PM) Psy... Jun 25 2022, 04:07 AM

vjkane QUOTE (vjkane @ Jun 24 2022, 09:07 PM) Th... Jun 25 2022, 04:50 AM

Explorer1 October 10, 2023 launch, for August 2029 arrival. ... Oct 28 2022, 09:47 PM

Marcin600 QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 28 2022, 11:47 PM)... Oct 29 2022, 12:19 PM

Explorer1 Town hall regarding the Psyche Review Board: https... Nov 5 2022, 02:10 AM

mcaplinger Janus in limbo: https://blogs.nasa.gov/janus/2022/... Nov 19 2022, 01:22 AM

Marcin600 "The road to October 2023: NASA’s Psyche has ... Apr 6 2023, 10:55 PM

mcaplinger https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-...nt-r... Jun 5 2023, 03:02 AM

Floyd Here is link to report https://www.nasa.gov/sites/... Jun 5 2023, 09:19 PM

Explorer1 Janus has been cancelled for now QUOTE After cons... Jul 17 2023, 06:43 PM

mcaplinger https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/every...meta... Aug 13 2023, 03:47 PM

kenny Launch postponed 1 week to October 12. That loses... Sep 29 2023, 08:16 AM

kenny Static fire of the Falcon Heavy which will launch ... Oct 3 2023, 01:08 AM

kenny Psyche is on the pad for launch due 10.16am EDT to... Oct 11 2023, 01:25 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes Well, I was there on October 5th. Took a picture ... Oct 11 2023, 02:22 PM

kenny Sorry to miss you, Holder... Launch postponed a ... Oct 12 2023, 12:07 AM

nprev Booster fueling just began, live coverage here and... Oct 13 2023, 01:30 PM

Antdoghalo We got successful liftoff!!! Psyche is... Oct 13 2023, 02:35 PM

nprev Departure burn nominal, spacecraft separated. Oct 13 2023, 03:24 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes It's Alive! Carrier signal aquired. Oct 13 2023, 03:33 PM

Floyd Full signals and solar arrays deployed link Oct 13 2023, 06:02 PM

kenny Psyche is healthy and has fired up the new laser c... Nov 18 2023, 10:51 AM

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