NASA's Psyche mission used a gravity assist maneuver at Mars to gain velocity and adjust its trajectory to its eventual target. The asteroid 16 Psyche is a metal-rich asteroid that may be the remnant rocky core of a protoplanet. The flyby not only shepherded the spacecraft on to its target, it was a...
NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captured a Time-Lapse Video of its Mars Flyby
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July 21, 2026 •
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