NASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results

An artist's-concept illustration depicting the spacecraft of NASA's Psyche mission near the mission's target, the metal asteroid Psyche.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State Univ./Space Systems Loral/Peter Rubin

NASA will host a community townhall at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, Nov. 4, followed by a media teleconference at 1 p.m. to discuss the findings and recommendations of a report by the Psyche mission independent review board.

The board, initiated by NASA and the agencys Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in July 2022, examined the causes of the Psyche mission missing its planned launch opportunity this year.

Members of the science community, academia, media, and public, are invited to join the discussion online.

Webinar number: 2761 352 6744

Password: NKzmyhr?522 (65969470 from phones)

Users must provide their first and last name and organization. To ask a question, please go to Psyche Townhall Questions, where people can submit questions or vote on questions submitted by others.

Following the townhall, NASA will host a media call. The teleconference audio will stream live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/live

Briefing participants include:

  • Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
  • Lori Glaze, division director for Planetary Sciences, NASA Headquarters
  • Laurie Leshin, director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Tom Young, chair, Independent Review Board
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