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    Solar Arrays Successfully Installed on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft

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    NASA's Psyche spacecraft has completed another milestone. Solar arrays are now ready to power the spacecraft on a 2.5-billion-mile (4-billion-kilometer) journey to a metal-rich asteroid to help us learn more about planet formation. A team of engineers and technicians received, prepared, and installed the solar arrays on the spacecraft at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility …

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    The Road to October 2023: NASA’s Psyche Has an Updated Mission Plan

    NASA's Psyche mission, which will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, is on track to launch in October 2023 after a one-year delay to complete critical testing. The launch period will open Oct. 5 and close Oct. 25. The asteroid, which lies in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt between Mars …

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    NASA’s Psyche Mission Continues Preparation for Launch in 2023

    A team prepares NASA's Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 8, 2022. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.

    NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on and connected to ground support equipment, enabling engineers and technicians to prepare it for launch in 2023. Teams working at Astrotech and at NASA's …

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    Board Begins Review of NASA’s Psyche Mission

    On July 19, Psyche's independent review board met for the first time. The focus is on understanding technical issues that led to the delay, how the risk of delay was or was not understood and communicated within the project, as well as to those charged with oversight of the mission at JPL in a timely …

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    NASA Begins Psyche Mission Review

    NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have commissioned an independent review to examine project and institutional issues that led to the Psyche mission missing its planned 2022 launch opportunity, and to review the mission's path forward. The 15-member review board will be chaired by retired NASA official Tom Young and is slated to …

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    Psyche Mission Update

    NASA's Psyche mission team continues to assess ongoing issues with the spacecraft's flight software. The team is evaluating its ability to meet a schedule to launch in 2022 – the current launch period is Sept. 20 to Oct. 11. If it is determined that launch in 2022 is not possible, a full range of actions …

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    NASA’s Psyche Mission Launch Update

    NASA's Psyche spacecraft is nearing the final stages of preparations for launch, and the mission team is working to confirm that all hardware and software systems are operating correctly. An issue is preventing confirmation that the software controlling the spacecraft is functioning as planned. The team is working to identify and correct the issue. To …

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    NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy

    NASA's Psyche spacecraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility in Florida.

    The Psyche spacecraft completed its journey from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. First, it traveled to March Air Reserve Base, about 55 miles southeast of JPL, before flying cross-country aboard a C-17 aircraft to the Launch and Landing Facility (formerly the Shuttle Landing Facility) where …

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