Psyche Mission · May 2026
Mars Flyby
NASA's Psyche spacecraft skims 2,800 miles above Mars for a gravity assist — picking up speed for its journey to metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche.
Awaiting gravity assist
Telemetry
4.00km/s
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ΔV Boost
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Mission Timeline
Mission Notes · cycles every 5.5s
Metal World
Asteroid 16 Psyche may be the exposed iron-nickel core of an ancient planetesimal that lost its rocky mantle in violent collisions billions of years ago — giving us a direct window into what the inside of a rocky planet looks like.
Inspired by NASA Psyche spacecraft Mars flyby, May 2026 — psyche.asu.edu