Science and Exploration

Psyche’s Heavy-Metal Mission Finally Blasts Off

By David Ariosto

SpaceRef

October 13, 2023

Filed under Falcon Heavy, NASA, Psyche

Psyche’s Heavy-Metal Mission Finally Blasts Off — The Psyche mission takes off from NASA Kennedy on October 13.

Image credit: NASASpaceFlight livestream.

NASA’s long-awaited, first-ever journey to a mysterious metal world has finally begun.

David Ariosto

David Ariosto is a journalist, author, and the host and founder of the Space Watch Daily podcast. He has spent more than two decades covering emerging geopolitical issues, technological trends, and the forces between them, working across more than 50 countries. He is currently working on a Knopf-Doubleday book project focused on the gripping saga of the second great Space Race.