NASA Psyche Spacecraft Encapsulation

SpaceX technicians encapsulate NASA's Psyche spacecraft into the the payload fairings at the Astrotech Space Operation Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 3rd, 2023. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from launch complex 39A at Kennedy. Launch is targeted for October 12th, 2023. Riding with Psyche is a pioneering technology demonstration, NASA's Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) experiment.