20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... unexplored: iron cores. To help relay data about Psyche, the spacecraft will be equipped with the Deep Space... he explains. "Think of the DSOC flight laser transceiver onboard Psyche as a telescope," Biswas explains, able to receive and transmit ...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
.... The two key planetary missions, Lucy and Psyche were selected from five potential projects that included ... learn about inner space by visiting outer space,” said Psyche Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University in ...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... that gives companies the rights to whatever they extract from asteroids. The rendezvous with asteroid Psyche by NASA’s Psyche Discovery mission will be of major importance in understanding the characteristics of the original source material of iron...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... at a rocky-iron body which is thought to resemble the interior of terrestrial planets like our own. On its journey, Psyche will also be used to validate a new ion propulsion system and a new method of communication by laser. This technology...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...mass of protoplanetary core asteroids with composition similar to 16 Psyche (one of the 10 most massive asteroids). Core ...that the six principal Type IVA rare metals, if mined at Psyche scale, would have a valuation of about six quintillion US dollars...
November 2018
Being human in space
... environment. This 20-minute time delay affects the human psyche, especially in times of crisis. In the Mars isolation ...of being on a long-term mission is of vital important to the psyche. Missions to Mars, for example, will only be possible every two ...
