NASA On Track For Oct. 5 Launch Of Psyche Asteroid Mission

Irene Klotz September 06, 2023
Psyche spacecraft
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—A $1.2 billion mission to learn more about the metal-rich asteroid Psyche is on track for launch on Oct. 5 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, NASA said on Sept. 6. “We’re really looking forward to the launch,” Project Manager Henry Stone, with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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