For a few months, the United States Space Agency (NASA) has a history of ups and downs with the asteroid Psyche 16. Last April it was announced that the organism programmed a mission to said cosmic ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unexplored metal-rich asteroid has reignited its plasma thrusters, continuing its cruise deeper into the Solar System after switching to a backup fuel line. The $1.4 ...

Artist rendering of the Psyche spacecraft in orbit around its namesake asteroid. The robotic spacecraft Psyche has regained propulsion after a snag cut its propellant system in April. Engineers had to ...

NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to meet an asteroid that is thought to contain $100,000 quadrillion worth of rare metals. The agency’s Psyche spacecraft won’t reach its target, the asteroid 16 ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which is headed toward a big and bizarre metal asteroid, has delivered a stunning perspective of our home planet from deep space. Psyche launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...

HOUSTON—NASA’s Psyche mission spacecraft has resumed solar electric propulsion operations after being successfully switched to a backup fuel line. The solar-powered asteroid probe’s four thrusters ...

NASA has moved a mission to visit asteroid 16 Psyche to 2026. The asteroid is estimated to be worth more than $10,000 quadrillion — more than the global economy — thanks to the nickel-iron metal that ...

The spacecraft is en route to a metal-rich asteroid. Hopefully, its backup propellant line can get it there by August 2029. Reading time 3 minutes Less than two years after launch, NASA’s Psyche ...

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could ...

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The robotic spacecraft Psyche has regained propulsion after a snag cut its propellant system in April. Engineers had to switch to a backup system, and full thruster operations resumed last week. The ...