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NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target
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<p>Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or "slingshot" maneuvers
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NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target

Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or "slingshot" maneuvers. NASA's Psyche mission used Mars for that purpose during a May 15th flyby. The flyby accelerated the spacecraft ...

Daniel Pomarède 2d ago

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/

#Psyche #Mars #flyby #space #spacecraft #news #science #astrodon #photography #PsycheSpacecraft

Daniel Pomarède 2d ago

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

#Psyche #Mars #flyby #space #spacecraft #news #science #astrodon #photography #PsycheSpacecraft

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Daniel Pomarède 3d ago

One more step. It's getting bigger!

🔍 https://zoomhub.net/a/89lXK

#Psyche #Mars #flyby #space #spacecraft #news #science #astrodon #photography #PsycheSpacecraft

Daniel Pomarède 3d ago

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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#Psyche #Mars #flyby #space #spacecraft #news #science #astrodon #photography #PsycheSpacecraft

Daniel Pomarède 3d ago

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

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

#Psyche #Mars #space #science #news #astrodon #flyby #PsycheSpacecraft #photography

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RTN 3d ago

#Spektrum:
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Marspassage von Psyche erfolgreich
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"Der Vorbeiflug der NASA-Raumsonde Psyche am 15. Mai 2026 war erfolgreich, jetzt treffen die an Bord gespeicherten Nahaufnahmen vom Roten Planeten ein. In der Zeit um den geringsten Abstand zum Mars musste die Sonde sich auf den Planeten ausrichten, sodass die Hauptantenne dabei nicht in Richtung Erde weisen konnte."

https://www.spektrum.de/news/raumsonde-marspassage-von-psyche-erfolgreich/2325109

18.05.2026

#Flyby #Mars #NASA #Psyche #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight

Marspassage von Psyche erfolgreich

Der Vorbeiflug der NASA-Raumsonde Psyche am 15. Mai 2026 war erfolgreich, jetzt treffen die an Bord gespeicherten Nahaufnahmen vom Roten Planeten ein.

Spektrum.de

Daniel Pomarède 3d ago

The three pre-flyby images captured by Psyche nearing her encounter with Mars.

Taken respectively at 10, 11, and 12 AM UTC on May 15, 2026.

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#Psyche #Mars #flyby #space #spacecraft #news #science #astrodon #photography