Psyche spacecraft bound for asteroid belt to get speed boost from Mars

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will use Mars' gravity today (May 15) for a crucial boost on its six-year journey to a metallic ...
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NASA Spacecraft Uses Planet Mars as NOS, Gets 1,000 MPH Boost in Race to Asteroid Belt

Measurements made with the help of the Deep Space Network (DSN) revealed that the close approach to Mars gave the spacecraft ...
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Spacecraft captures Mars close-up on way to $10,000 quadrillion asteroid

A spacecraft has taken jaw-dropping close-up snaps of Mars on its way to a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid. NASA’s Psyche ...

NASA’s Psyche Mission Just Blew Past Mars. It Picked Up More Than Speed

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of the Red Planet on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 ...
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NASA's Psyche probe takes brand-new images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid

NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft to race past Mars in hunt for clues about how Earth was formed

The crucial manoeuvre scheduled for Friday will use the gravity of Mars to shift Psyche onto the right path, a faster and cheaper method NASA scientists say could help unlock clues about the birth of ...

NASA spacecraft to fly past Mars on voyage to rare metal asteroid

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past Mars on Friday, on its way toward a rare metal-rich asteroid.

NASA tracking bus-size asteroid approaching Earth on Friday

The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.