Friday, October 06, 2023

Only 6 Days (Weather Permitting) Till America's Next Asteroid Explorer Takes Flight...

At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida, NASA's Psyche spacecraft is encapsulated by the payload fairings of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket...on October 6, 2023.
NASA / Ben Smegelsky

Psyche Transport from Astrotech to LC-39A (Photo Release)

Teams transport NASA's encapsulated Psyche spacecraft from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, October 6, 2023. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Liftoff is targeted for 10:16 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 12. Riding with Psyche is a pioneering technology demonstration, NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment.

Source: NASA.Gov

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At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida, NASA's Psyche spacecraft is ready to be encapsulated by the payload fairings of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket...on October 3, 2023.
NASA / Ben Smegelsky

At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida, NASA's Psyche spacecraft is encapsulated by the payload fairings of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket...on October 3, 2023.
NASA / Ben Smegelsky

At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida, NASA's Psyche spacecraft is encapsulated by the payload fairings of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket...on October 3, 2023.
NASA / Ben Smegelsky

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