Event Details


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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Psyche




Oct 05, 2023 10:38 AM

Launch Complex 39A • Kennedy Space Center


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Learn more about NASA’s Psyche mission, led by Arizona State University, in the video below.


SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifting off from pad 39A with Psyche mission patch overlay

NET OCTOBER 5, 2023 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy Psyche

MISSION DETAILS:

  • Launch Provider: SpaceX
  • Rocket Type: Falcon Heavy
  • Launch Pad: Launch Complex 39A
  • Launch Window: 8:38 AM ET – 12:38 PM ET

  • Booster(s):TBD

The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It is believed to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, providing a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created terrestrial planets.