The two bodies appear as bright specks amidst a field of stars in the Aries constellation.
The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the solar system.
The spacecraft is en route to a metal-rich asteroid. Hopefully, its backup propellant line can get it there by August 2029.
The space agency is investigating an issue with the spacecraft's fuel pressure.
AstroForge's mission of landing on and mining asteroids has hit some snags, including technical difficulties during their first launch.
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates Psyche could be covered in water and a chemical that combines with iron to form rust.
The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029.
Scientists rallied to save the mission when the space agency indefinitely delayed its 2027 launch.
For the first time, a hybrid antenna successfully received both radio and laser signals, in what's a big leap in space communications technology.
The space agency is hosting a workshop for low cost missions to study Apophis despite having two probes in storage that could fit the bill.
The 15-second video marked a new technological feat, in which NASA beamed a video from a record breaking distance using lasers.
The Psyche mission will examine a metal-rich asteroid believed to have once been a planetary building block.
The Deep Space Optical Communications tool on the Psyche probe achieved successful data transmission to and from Earth from an unprecedented distance.
The NASA-funded mission will launch two twin spacecraft to explore Mars' magnetosphere and how it interacts with solar wind.
The Psyche spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Friday at 10:19 a.m. ET, kickstarting a highly-anticipated mission.
The Psyche spacecraft will journey 2.2 billion miles to study a metal-rich asteroid believed to have been a potential building block for a planet.
The asteroid mission was delayed as the team worked to resolve a potential overheating problem.
NASA announced on Thursday that the launch of its Psyche mission has been postponed by a week, now set for October 12 instead of the earlier date of October 5.
The team behind the Janus mission is trying to find a new use for the spacecraft, which are now sitting in storage.
The exploratory mission missed its initial launch window in 2022 due to a software glitch, in addition to institutional issues at NASA's JPL.
