The moment marked the first successful test of NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) system, a next-generation comms link that sends information not by radio waves but instead by laser light ...

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 of ...

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Psyche is gently gliding to its target asteroid by expelling ionized xenon. Psyche is gently gliding to its target asteroid by expelling ionized xenon. is a former weekend editor who covered tech and ...

Asteroid 16 Psyche the large nickel-iron core of an early planet. Asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft will arrive at the asteroid in 2029. This image elements ...

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could ...

This mosaic was made from "first light" images acquired by both of the cameras on NASA's Psyche spacecraft on Dec. 4, 2023. The field of view of this mosaic is about 8 degrees wide by 3.5 degrees tall ...

NASA launched a new deep space probe from Florida today sending its Psyche spacecraft 2.2 billion miles from Earth toward one of only nine known metal-rich asteroids. It’s the 14th planetary ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft has reached another milestone after it captured its "first light" images following its successful departure on Earth on October 13. Currently positioned 16 million miles away ...