NASA Delays Psyche Mission Launch Attempt To Oct. 12

Mark Carreau September 29, 2023
nasa psyche asteroid at facility outside Kennedy Space Center, Florida

The Psyche spacecraft during a media visit to the Astrotech facility outside Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Credit: Joe Marino/UPI/Alamy Stock Photo
The launch of NASA’s Psyche mission to explore a main-belt metal asteroid has been delayed from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12 to complete a verification of the spacecraft’s cold nitrogen gas thruster performance. The thrusters provide pointing for science operations, solar power generation, thermal control and...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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