Απειρωτάν

Pasadena, California, June 6, 2026, 07:02 PDT NASA’s Psyche probe has swung past Mars, completing its gravity-assist slingshot on May 15—brushing just 2,864 miles above the Martian surface and sending back new shots of the Red Planet. That maneuver didn’t just juice its speed for the long trip to a metal-rich asteroid; it doubled as a shakeout for the science instruments, giving engineers a live-fire test ahead of the main mission. (Gizmodo) Psyche just cleared its final big planetary handoff ahead of the 2029 asteroid rendezvous. NASA expects the spacecraft to fall under asteroid Psyche’s gravity by late July 2029,

The post After Psyche’s Mars Flyby, NASA Watches the Data Return appeared first on Next Wave Wire.