Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed on NASA's Psyche Spacecraft
August 04, 2023
August 04, 2023
PASADENA, California, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
Robotically unfurling in a clean room near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Psyche spacecraft's jumbo solar arrays were tested and permanently installed on the orbiter in preparation for its 2.5 billion-mile (4 billion-kilometer) journey to study a metal-rich asteroid. The launch period opens Oct. 5.
After passing the deployment test, the twin w . . .
Robotically unfurling in a clean room near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Psyche spacecraft's jumbo solar arrays were tested and permanently installed on the orbiter in preparation for its 2.5 billion-mile (4 billion-kilometer) journey to study a metal-rich asteroid. The launch period opens Oct. 5.
After passing the deployment test, the twin w . . .