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NASA's Psyche spacecraft just fired a laser 10 million miles away in deep space

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 ...
Yahoo

NASA's Psyche spacecraft launches on first mission ever to a metal-rich 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 of ...
Forbes

NASA’s Psyche Mission Is En Route To A Bizarre, Metal Rich Asteroid

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 ...
Space on MSN

NASA Beams Cat Video 19 Million Miles Through Space Using Via A Laser

NASA tested laser communications from space with a video of a cat chasing a laser dot! Psyche beamed the video about 19 ...
IFLScience

NASA’s Psyche Mission Snaps Field Of Stars In “First Light” Images

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...
The Verge

NASA’s Psyche mission fires up its futuristic electric engines

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 ...
Phys.org

NASA's Psyche delivers first images and other data

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 ...
Penn Live

NASA watches its Psyche probe lift off for deep space asteroid

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 ...
ABC7

'First light': NASA receives laser-beamed message from 10 million miles away

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 ...
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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Returns to Full Propulsion After Temporary Interruption

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has officially resumed full-time propulsion following a temporary suspension earlier this year. According to a report from NASA Science, engineers successfully restored the ...
AOL

Nasa’s Psyche mission set to launch to ancient metal asteroid today: Live updates

Nasa is about to set off to a distant, metal asteroid that could tell us how planets form. On Friday, the spacecraft – currently folded in the cargo bay of a SpaceX rocket – will leave from the ...