{"id":21873,"date":"2023-10-14T23:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T15:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-psyche-launches-on-spacexs-fourth-falcon-heavy-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T23:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T15:29:12","slug":"nasa-psyche-launches-on-spacexs-fourth-falcon-heavy-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-psyche-launches-on-spacexs-fourth-falcon-heavy-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Psyche launches on SpaceX\u2019s fourth Falcon Heavy of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?resize=263,350 263w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?resize=140,187 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?resize=640,853 640w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/7R2A0598-2.jpg?resize=150,200 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy side booster landing at CCSFS\u2019s LZ-1 or 2. Image: Seth Kurkowski \/ Space Explored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being delayed by a year because the spacecraft was not ready to make its annual launch window, Psyche was delayed another week due to new data being found that could have made the spacecraft\u2019s thrusters overheat and be damaged. With those issues solved, the spacecraft can now begin its journey to an asteroid that has some rather interesting characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-consent-needed=\"marketing\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-38645',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believed to be made of metal, the asteroid cold actually be a remnant of a planet that had its mantel stripped away during the early formation of the solar system. Similar to our solid core here on Earth, there actually could be a lot of similarities between our\u2019s and Psyche. And because we know how to fly in space, it\u2019s actually much easier to fly to Psyche than dig down to our own core.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join our Discord Server: Join the community with forums and chatrooms about space!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nasa-testing-several-hypothesis-about-psyche\">NASA testing several hypothesis about Psyche<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psyche is a great example of the scientific theory in the real world. From everything scientists have studied from observing it, they believe that it is made out of metal but they aren\u2019t 100%. So one of the items Psyche will be attempting to do is determine what its asteroid is made out of. Sadly no sample return is planned but if it is all metal, NASA, or another agency or a private company, might set its eyes on it for future missions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some other items Psyche will study will be if it still has a magnetic field, that will actually be one of the first items it will look for. As well as study its gravity and take some photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tagging along Psyche is NASA\u2019s Deep Space Optical Communication tech demonstration mission. I talked in detail about this in out latest YouTube video with the mission\u2019s manager, but its a rather cool addition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DSOC will test NASA\u2019s ability to use lasers to communicate with the Psyche spacecraft as it moves in its orbit near Mars. NASA has previously tested this technology on the ISS and in the Moon\u2019s orbit but this is the first time NASA will attempt to track the spacecraft as it moves in its orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While DSOC won\u2019t allow us to communicate any faster with our spacecrafts as it will be similar to the current technology, radio waves. DSOC will allow NASA to have a lot more bandwidth allowing for more science, photos, and maybe even video to be streamed to Earth at once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next year DSOC\u2019s mission will be the big item to watch as they start testing communicating with Earth. Psyche\u2019s mission has some time before we\u2019ll see any major updates format. By the time it arrives at the Psyche asteroid, the articles about it might be fully written by AI (for my own job I hope not).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy side booster landing at CCSFS\u2019s LZ-1 or 2. Image: Seth Kurkowski \/ Space Explored After being delayed by a year because the spacecraft was not ready to make its annual launch window, Psyche was delayed another week due to new data being found that could have made the spacecraft\u2019s thrusters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}