This artists concept depicts NASAs Psyche spacecraft en route to its destination in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agencys upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first to visit a metal-rich asteroid. Riding along with Psyche is a laser transceiver for NASAs Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration.
The media briefing will air live on NASA Television, the NASAapp,Facebook, X, YouTube, and on the agencys website. The agency will share any changes to this streaming information based on the timing of NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 mission departure from the International Space Station.
Laurie Leshin, director of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, will provide opening remarks. Briefing participants are expected to include:
- Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Sciences Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of Psyche, Arizona State University
- Henry Stone, project manager, Psyche, JPL
- Abi Biswas, project technologist for DSOC, JPL
- Serkan Bastug, mission manager, Launch Services Program, NASA Kennedy
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