"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

"Engineers with NASA’s Psyche mission are working to determine what caused a recent decrease in fuel pressure in the ...

In a blog post published last week, NASA revealed that the mission team noted a drop in fuel pressure of Psyche's propulsion ...

NASA's Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid that could be worth more than the entire world economy has hit a snag.

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

Mission to a metal asteroid lacks xenon pressure NASA is looking into propulsion problems experienced by a probe on its way ...

NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system on its Psyche asteroid spacecraft, but an agency official ...

This comes after Nicola Fox of NASA's science mission directorate said: "Psyche is by far the largest [asteroid], and that's ...

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

Earth is a pretty great place if you're a human, what with all the gravity and breathable air. But year by year, humanity's ...

The mind-melting value of the '16 Psyche' asteroid has been explained by its official estimator Linda Elkins-Tanton. NASA has a specific interest in this celestial entity and announced back in 2023 ...