NASA Phyche Mission: Charting a Metallic World

In this artist's rendition, we explore a Metallic World name psyche, an asteroid that offer a unique window into the building blocks of planets formation. The NASA psyche mission launches in 2023 and will arrive at the asteroid psyche, will spend 21 months orbiting the asteroid, mapping it and studying its properties. The mission is led by principal investigator Lindy Elkins- Tanton of Arizona State University. NASA's jet propulsion laboratory is responsible for the mission's overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies is providing a high- power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis.