NASA spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid — Space photo of the week

Mars as crescent: NASA’s Psyche captures rare picture of red planet

NASA Psyche Mars flyby images show a rare crescent view of the Red Planet as the spacecraft heads toward asteroid 16 Psyche.

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Just Used Mars as a Giant Slingshot

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant slingshot on its journey to a mysterious metal world that could reveal what’s hidden inside planets like Earth. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully completed a close flyby of Mars on May 15, passing just 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) above the planet’s surface. The maneuver used Mars’ gravity [...]

A Probe Took Incredible Pictures of Mars on Its Way to a Far-Off Asteroid

NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments.

Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way.

NASA spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid — Space photo of the week

On its way to a metal asteroid, NASA's Psyche probe tested its cameras as it got a gravity assist from the Red Planet.