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A.J. Nick, left, and Drew Smith, robotics engineers with the Exploration Research and Technology programs at NASA's...
Scheduled to launch on Oct. 5, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Psyche mission is a journey to...
NASA’s Psyche mission is preparing to launch on October 5 to embark on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a unique...
Meet some of the engineers contributing to NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich...
This image shows the round, metallic working end of the rock abrasion tool at the end of a metallic cylinder. The...
Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, listens attentively to a briefing on the metal forming...
Paul Luz (right), an aerospace flight system engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), discusses...
Paul Luz (right), an aerospace flight systems engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), takes a...
These eight graphs present data from the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer on NASA MAVEN orbiter identifying...
Graph depicting Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) heating and cooling cycle to achieve undercooling of liquid metals....
ISS006-E-39339 (15 March 2003) --- A close up view of sodium chloride crystals in a water bubble within a...
jsc2022e072974 (4/15/2022) --- A preflight sample from the Fabrication of Amorphous Metals in Space (MSL SCA-FAMIS)...
Meet Christina Hernandez, a flight systems engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a...
One year after a successful launch on Oct. 13, 2023, team members on the Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid...
In this artist’s rendition, we explore a metallic world named Psyche, an asteroid that offers a unique window into...
Join us LIVE as we chat with Julie Li, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a...
Join us LIVE as we chat with Luis Dominguez, who leads the assembly, test, and launch operations phase of NASA's...
This soldering iron has an evacuated copper capsule at the tip that contains a pellet of Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG)...
Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to...
ISS006-E-26940 (16 February 2003) --- View of surface tension demonstration using water that is being held in place...
ISS006-E-26919 (16 February 2003) --- View of surface tension demonstration using water that is being held in place...
ISS006-E-39299 (15 March 2003) --- A close up view of sugar crystals in a water bubble within a 50-millimeter (mm)...
ISS006-E-26946 (16 February 2003) --- View of surface tension demonstration using water that is being held in place...
ISS006-E-26840 (16 February 2003) --- View of surface tension demonstration using water that is being held in place...