We're a little over an hour away from today's launch of NASA's Psyche mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here's a closer look at some of today's important countdown and ascent milestones (all times are approximate): Time Events – 00:53:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load – …
The Psyche spacecraft will launch weighing over 6,000 pounds, with its body, or bus, spanning 16.1 feet tall, including the 6.6-foot booms for two instruments, 7.1 feet wide, and 7.8 feet deep. With its two five-panel, cross-shaped solar panels fully deployed, Psyche would just about cover a tennis court at 81 feet by 24 feet. …
NASA's Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid – also named Psyche, after the goddess of the soul in ancient Greek mythology. The asteroid Psyche orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter and is unique in that it appears to be part or all of the iron-rich interior of a planetesimal, an …
We remain a "go" for launch, with the latest weather update from the U.S. Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicting a 85% chance of favorable weather today for liftoff. Teams continue targeting liftoff of NASA's Psyche mission at 10:19 a.m. EDT from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A. The primary weather concern for the launch area is …
Good morning, and welcome to live launch coverage from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida of the mission to Psyche, a metal-rich world! Psyche is the first mission to explore an asteroid with a surface that likely contains substantial amounts of metal rather than rock or ice. This also will be NASA's Launch Services Program's …
Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA's Psyche mission at 10:19 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 13, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Showers and storms are expected at …
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Oct. 12 launch of the agency's Psyche mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting launch at 10:19 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 13, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Live launch coverage without commentary will begin at 9:15 a.m. …
Join the hosts of NASA EDGE today from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A and Hangar AE for the Psyche Rollout Show, airing live on NASA TV and YouTube at 5 p.m. EDT. The hosts of NASA EDGE will take a unique look at NASA's Psyche mission and the agency's first primary launch of a spacecraft …
NASA will host a prelaunch news briefing today at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss the Psyche mission. NASA and SpaceX completed a launch readiness review Tuesday, Oct. 10, resulting in a "go" for launch of the spacecraft that will study a metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The prelaunch briefing will air …
