Moments ago
#Psyche came closest to
#Mars during its
#GravityAssist - here is the planet yesterday still as a crescent, in fan processing of the raw images
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-images/ (full caption and credit in ALT).
"#NASA spacecraft to swing past
#Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid |
#PBS News"
“Scientists suspect the asteroid may be the exposed nickel and iron core of a fledgling planet that was stripped down by cosmic collisions.”
- An exposed core!!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/nasa-spacecraft-to-swing-past-mars-as-it-chases-rare-metal-asteroid
NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid
Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) on Friday.
#Psyche will slingshot past
#Mars 🔴 on Friday. During the flyby, the spacecraft will capture thousands of images. Psyche should arrive in 2029. The spacecraft runs on solar
#ElectricPropulsion, using xenon gas thrusters
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-mars-psyche-aircraft-gravity-b2976589.html 
NASA spacecraft to fly close to Mars this week as it chases rare metal asteroid
Named Psyche like the asteroid it's after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) on Friday
Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock
http://dlvr.it/TSYc5T #Mars
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Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock - NASA
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25.
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