Psyche images Mars’ Huygens Crater

Captured by the multispectral imager instrument, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands near 15° south latitude.

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-psyche-mission-images-mars-huygens-crater/

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

The successful flyby of Mars on May 15 provided the mission team with a valuable practice run ahead of the spacecraft’s arrival at the mysterious asteroid Psyche in 2029.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-psyche-mission-aces-mars-flyby-targets-metal-rich-asteroid

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Four images captured at one hour intervals by the Psyche spacecraft nearing the flyby of Mars. The planet is so close in the last one that it overflows the field of view at the top of the image.

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The first post-flyby images of Mars captured by the Psyche spacecraft are coming in!

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche_images/6830

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The Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, beams its eight-laser beacon to the Deep Space Optical Communications flight laser transceiver aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-deep-space-communications-demo-exceeds-project-expectations

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The Psyche spacecraft recently captured multiple star and planet images. Observations of Jupiter and Mars helps to determine how the cameras respond to solar system objects that shine by reflected sunlight, just like the Psyche asteroid.

📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26563-nasas-psyche-images-stars-jovian-system/

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