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This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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NASA’s Planetary Radar Reveals Peanut Shape of Asteroid 1997 QK1

Asteroid 1997 QK1 is shown to be an elongated, peanut-shaped near-Earth object in this series of 28 radar images obtained…

Sep 2, 2025
NASA’s Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Fast-Spinning Asteroid

This series of 41 radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar on July 28, 2025,…

Aug 4, 2025
Asteroid 2024 PT5’s Orbit Around the Sun (Animation)

This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun.

Oct 2, 2024
NASA’s Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024,…

Sep 17, 2024
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024, shows…

Aug 29, 2024
The Goldstone Solar System Radar at Sunset

This sunset photo shows NASA's Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications…

Jul 3, 2024
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Binary Asteroid 2011 UL21

These seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the mile-wide asteroid 2011 UL21 during…

Jul 3, 2024
Detailed Planetary Radar Observations of Asteroid 2024 MK

Because close approaches by asteroids the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, JPL's planetary radar team gathered as much…

Jul 3, 2024
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slow-Spinning Asteroid 2008 OS7

The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images…

Feb 26, 2024
Psyche Mission Team at JPL

Members of NASA's Psyche mission pose at JPL in April 2022.

Aug 28, 2023
Psyche Undergoes Vibration Testing

Psyche undergoes vibration testing at JPL in March 2022 to ensure the spacecraft can withstand the jostling of launch.

Aug 28, 2023
Psyche Spacecraft en Route to the Asteroid Belt (Artist’s Concept)

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft with its large solar arrays fully deployed and one of its four Hall-effect…

Aug 28, 2023
Preparing for Psyche’s Array Test Deployment

Team members prepare to integrate one of two solar arrays on NASA's Psyche spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility…

Aug 3, 2023
NASA’s Psyche: Solar Arrays Stowed for Launch

Technicians begin to retract one of the two solar arrays attached to NASA's Psyche spacecraft. This photo was taken on…

Aug 3, 2023
Home Stretch to Launch for Psyche

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near…

Jul 18, 2023
Psyche Ramping up to Launch

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near…

Jul 18, 2023
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Asteroid 2006 HV5

This collage represents a selection of NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2006 HV5 on April 25, 2023, less than…

Apr 26, 2023
Radar Observations of Elongated Near-Earth Asteroid 2011 AG5

This collage represents NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 on Feb. 4, 2023, one day after its close…

Feb 17, 2023