"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

"Engineers with NASA’s Psyche mission are working to determine what caused a recent decrease in fuel pressure in the ...

NASA’s Psyche mission, which aims to explore the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, has hit a snag on its journey. As reported in a ...

NASA is looking into propulsion problems experienced by a probe on its way to orbit the asteroid Psyche.

In a blog post published last week, NASA revealed that the mission team noted a drop in fuel pressure of Psyche's propulsion ...

This comes after Nicola Fox of NASA's science mission directorate said: "Psyche is by far the largest [asteroid], and that's ...

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft halted thrusting due to a xenon pressure drop. Backup systems are ready, and mission progress ...

NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system on its Psyche asteroid spacecraft, but an agency official ...