The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...

NASA’s Psyche mission, which aims to explore the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, has hit a snag on its journey. As reported in a ...

In a blog post published last week, NASA revealed that the mission team noted a drop in fuel pressure of Psyche's propulsion ...

The boxy, solar-winged craft is headed to the peculiar object for which it is named: 16 Psyche, an asteroid that appears to have an unusually high metal content. The complication surrounds a ...

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft halted thrusting due to a xenon pressure drop. Backup systems are ready, and mission progress ...

The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is leaving after three years on the job and will be replaced by a longtime ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to a $10,000 quadrillion metal asteroid hit a snag with thrust loss, but backup systems offer hope to ...

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

NASA's Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid — worth, according to some estimates, more than the Earth's entire world economy — has hit a snag. On Tuesday, the space agency announced ...