NASA’s Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid
The flyby also let NASA test Psyche’s cameras and spectrometers, which recorded expected particle and magnetic signals from Mars.
- NASA released new images on July 17 showing Mars' southern highlands captured by the Psyche spacecraft during a May flyby. The photos feature the 71-mile-wide crater Fournier and the cliff system Oenotria Scopuli.
- The probe used Mars' gravity to gain speed while adjusting its trajectory on the 2.2 billion-mile journey to 16 Psyche. Traveling at approximately 12,333 mph upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft executed the maneuver to save propellant.
- Approaching within 2200 miles of Mars, the mission calibrated the magnetometer and multispectral imager. Jim Bell, Psyche imager instrument lead at Arizona State University, said the results offer "rarely seen views of the red planet."
- Bob Mase, the mission's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, confirmed the maneuver was executed perfectly. The spacecraft is now on track to rendezvous with 16 Psyche in 2029.
- Scientists aim to study 16 Psyche, which contains about 1% of the main asteroid belt's mass, to gain insights into Earth's own core. The mission will differentiate between the asteroid's metallic and silicate components.
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