Psyche Prelaunch News Conference on NASA TV with the following participants:
- NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana
- Nicola Fox, associate administrator, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
- Tim Dunn, senior launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program
- Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX
- Henry Stone, Psyche project manager, JPL
- Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, U.S. Space Force
Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations.
Heliocentric N/A B1079 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1