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By Rick Smith

The spacecraft is 4.7 million miles away from Dinkinesh, but still has another 16 million miles to travel before their rendezvous.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid.Most asteroids tend to be rocky

The Psyche spacecraft, headed to the asteroid Psyche, has successfully initiated its solar-powered propulsion. During its six-year journey, it will utilize advanced optical communication via NASA's DSOC and is expected to orbit the asteroid by 2029. Psyche mission controllers on Earth have receiv

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on the verge of a historic meet-up with the asteroid Dinkinesh. NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on the verge of a historic meet-up with the asteroid Dinkinesh, marking a crucial milestone in its 12-year odyssey of exploration.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Space Coast witnessed a rare launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Friday on a mission for NASA that also featured the double sonic booms of its returning first-stage boosters. Flying for only the eighth time ever, and its ever launch for NASA, the Falcon Heavy, which is essentially three Falcon 9 boosters strapped together, avoided weather concerns for a 10:19 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Space Coast witnessed a rare launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Friday on a mission for NASA that also featured the double sonic booms of its returning first-stage boosters. Flying for only the eighth time ever, and its ever launch for NASA, the Falcon Heavy, which is essentially three Falcon 9 boosters strapped together, avoided weather concerns for a ...

After being delayed due to delays in the delivery of software and equipment, NASA's Psyche mission has just departed for space. Initially, plans called

/PRNewswire/ -- NASAs Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell us more about the formation of...

The Psyche spacecraft is set for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Thursday at 10:16 a.m. ET, weather permitting.