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PASADENA, California, May 31, 2026, 08:02 PDT NASA says its Psyche probe is now locked onto its path for a 2029 rendezvous with the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, after snagging a crucial gravity assist from Mars. The maneuver, which occurred May 15, bumped Psyche’s speed by roughly 1,000 miles per hour and nudged its orbital plane by about a degree. Scientists also got a practice run out of the flyby, collecting thousands of images of Mars and checking the spacecraft’s instruments ahead of the main event. (NASA) Psyche cleared a crucial mid-cruise navigation test, and did it without tapping its propellant

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