NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars
Psyche will use a Mars gravity assist on May 15 to adjust speed and trajectory, enabling calibration of onboard instruments before reaching Psyche in 2029.
NASA is using Mars as a slingshotand the photos will be stunning
Psyche will use a Mars gravity-assist flyby to gain speed, align with Psyche’s orbit, and test instruments while collecting science data en route to 2029.
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications demo goes dark
Laser-based deep-space communications achieved multi-hundred Mbps at close range and sustained multi-megabit downlinks at 386 million km, greatly exceeding traditional radio bandwidth.
