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Psyche
NASA · Launch: 13 Oct 2023
Journey to a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planet.
Objective: Determine whether Psyche is a planetary core or unmelted primitive material.
Arrival at asteroid Psyche
Aug 2029
Target date · may change
Mission details
- Rocket & spacecraft
- Falcon Heavy
- Destination
- Asteroid 16 Psyche
- Duration
- ~26 months in orbit
- Psyche is about 220 km wide and rich in metal.
- Uses quiet blue-glowing Hall-effect ion thrusters.
- Testing deep-space laser communications (DSOC).
Milestones
2 of 3 reachedLaunch
Oct 2023
Mars gravity assist
May 2026
Arrival at Psyche
Aug 2029Provisional
Future dates are agency targets, not confirmed schedules.
Curated dataset
Official source: NASA Psyche →