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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
Psyche mission successfully launches
The spacecraft has begun its six-year journey to the same-name metal world.
The Psyche launch and its journey to a metal world: What to expect
The Psyche spacecraft is scheduled to blast off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 13.
Asteroids worth getting psyched about
New discoveries from Ryugu, material heading our way from Bennu, and anticipation for a mission to Psyche.
That’s so metal
Gear up for a mission to a metallic world and catch up on the latest in space news.
For every world, there is a season
When we explore space we see familiar things: seasons, ice caps, and maybe someday even plants.
The Next 10 Years
Six scientists share the major planetary science discoveries of the past decade, and the questions that will drive the next 10 years of solar system exploration.
Lucy and Psyche Asteroid Missions
Last week, NASA selected its thirteenth and fourteenth missions in its low cost Discovery program.
Mission to a Metallic World: A Discovery Proposal to Fly to the Asteroid Psyche
Imagine flying deep within the asteroid belt to study the most unreachable location in the solar system: the deep core of a terrestrial world.