NASA Psyche Mission Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li | JPL

NASA Psyche Mission Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li | JPL

Behind the Spacecraft: Julie Li of Maxar Technologies talks about the solar electric propulsion hardware on the Psyche spacecraft. The Psyche mission aims to help answer fundamental questions about Earth’s own metal core and the formation of our solar system. Scheduled to launch on Oct. 5, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the spacecraft will begin orbiting the asteroid Psyche in 2029. 

To learn more about the Psyche mission, visit https://nasa.gov/psyche 

For more information, go to: www.nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Duration: 1 minute, 38 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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