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NASA's Psyche mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on 13 October 2023 to study the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt. Its cruise included a Mars gravity assist on 15 May 2026, and NASA says it will arrive at Psyche in August 2029.
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy
- Launch site
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Orbiter, Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Launch
Launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center
The cited source reports 10:19 a.m. EDT (UTC−4), converted to 14:19 UTC.
Earth
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Trajectory record
Time-dependent navigation trajectory
Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.
Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.
- Psyche: Reconstructed · October 13, 2023 to February 9, 2029
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through October 10, 2026
- Psyche Mission Overview - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- Psyche Mission - NASA Scientific Visualization Studio — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Psyche spacecraft tracking-derived Horizons vectors through 2026-08-11 — JPLEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- Psyche spacecraft forecast and long-range reference Horizons vectors from 2026-08-11 — JPLEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context