Falcon Heavy | Psyche

Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations.

Planetary Science · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

• B1079 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 38/42
• B1065 · flight 4 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 2 · landed · last flew Falcon Heavy | EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 · zone record 17/17
• B1064 · flight 4 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed · last flew Falcon Heavy | EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 · zone record 53/54

• Psyche Launches to a Metal Asteroid (Official NASA Broadcast) — NASA

• Launch success, signals acquired.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/13/2023 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/13/2023 · source

• Livestream has started

  LL2 · 10/13/2023 · source

• Weather 85%

  Nosu · 10/13/2023 · source

• Weather 60% GO.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/13/2023 · source

• Weather 40%

  Nosu · 10/12/2023 · source

• 24 hours slip due to weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2023 · source

• Updated weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/10/2023 · source

• Launch time tweak.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/28/2023 · source

• Delayed to October 12th due to spacecraft issues.

  Jay · 9/28/2023 · source