Psyche was discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid for Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was born mortal and married Eros (Roman ...

Psyche is already located beyond the orbit of Mars, but it needs to travel back around to make a Mars gravity assist maneuver in 2026. That will help boost the spacecraft on its way to meet Psyche ...

Space Exploration Launches & Spacecraft NASA's Psyche probe will launch to a metal asteroid on Oct. 12 — and scientists are sneaking a peek at the target ...

It proposes that 16 Psyche is 82.5% metal, 7% low-iron pyroxene and 10.5% carbonaceous chondrite, which is likely the result of 16 Psyche being hit by other asteroids.

Psyche is sometimes referred to as the "Gold-mine asteroid" because of the large quantities iron and nickel on its surface. Scientists refer to it as a metal, or m-type, asteroid.

A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft lifted off atop one ...

NASA’s new plan is to launch in July 2023 at the earliest, or perhaps in 2024. But this postponement won’t mean that Psyche will arrive at its destination just a year or two later than planned ...

However, what happened on 16 Psyche was something altogether more violent. The theory goes that something smashed into 16 Psyche a few billion years ago, creating a massive crater about four miles ...

NASA 's highly-anticipated Psyche asteroid mission has been delayed by 24 hours because of bad weather. The US space agency was targeting today for lift-off, but will now attempt the launch at 10: ...