At roughly 12,333 mph, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will skim just 2,800 miles above the surface of Mars on Friday, May 16, 2026, threading a gravitational needle that will bend its course toward one of ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft swept within 2,864 miles of Mars on May 15, 2026, grabbing a roughly 1,000-mph speed boost that bent ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant slingshot on its journey to a mysterious metal world that could reveal what’s hidden inside planets like Earth.
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on its final course to the ...
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched in 2023 from Cape Canaveral, will use Mars' gravity for a boost on its six-year journey to ...
The slingshot around Mars was a make-or-break moment for the Psyche asteroid mission. Here's why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.
Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars ...