NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby
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This is Psyche’s first view of a nearly “full” Mars, shortly after the spacecraft’s closest approach to the planet on May 15, 2026. The view extends from the southern polar cap northward to the Valles Marineris canyon system and beyond.
With Mars in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will soon resume using its solar-electric propulsion system to head directly toward the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. When it arrives in August 2029, it will enter orbit around the asteroid Psyche, which is thought to be the partial core of a planetesimal, a building block of a first planet.
For more information about NASA’s Psyche mission, visit:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/
