2026 July 29 - Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars

In today's image, we see a timelapse video showing Mars as seen by the Psyche spacecraft in May of this year. Psyche used Mars' gravity to change direction and increase its speed as it heads to a rendezvous with the asteroid Psyche in 2029.

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