![The Psyche spacecraft is moved into a vacuum chamber.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pia25232.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Tall Order: NASA’s Psyche in TVAC Testing
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is seen in early 2022 as it is placed in the 85-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide (26-meter-by-8-meter) ultra-sturdy vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Thermal-vacuum (TVAC) testing is part of a regimen of environmental tests that are crucial for ensuring the spacecraft can survive the extreme conditions of launch and outer space.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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