NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Probe Overcomes Propulsion Issue

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)

Psyche

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Psyche mission spacecraft has resumed solar electric propulsion operations after being successfully switched to a backup fuel line. The solar-powered asteroid probe’s four thrusters were paused in early April, when the mission team detected an unexpected pressure drop in the primary...
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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