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  • 13 October 2023

    Psyche

    How do you reach a metal world with a spacecraft that cannot carry much fuel? You borrow energy from Mars.

    2 videos
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • New Glenn NG-2 ESCAPADE

    1 video
    • Everyday Astronaut

  • ESCAPADE (New Glenn NG-2)

    1 video
    • Everyday Astronaut

  • Cassini

    Cassini was in space for 20 years, having left Earth in 1997. By 2017 its fuel was almost gone. NASA ended the mission by design, to keep an uncontrolled spacecraft away from Titan and Enceladus, moons where life might exist, rather than let it drift.

    3 videos
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • The New York Times

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  1. Cassini’s Grand Finale: 22 Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  2. Cassini’s Grand Finale: Final Dive Into Saturn After 20 Years

    The New York Times

  3. Cassini’s Final Plunge into Saturn: Mission Control Highlights

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  4. New Glenn NG-2 Live: ESCAPADE to Mars and a Booster Landing Try

    Everyday Astronaut

  5. New Glenn NG-2 Countdown: ESCAPADE Launch and Booster Landing Plan

    Everyday Astronaut

  6. Psyche’s Mars Gravity Assist: Slingshot Toward a Metal Asteroid

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  7. Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Duration 3:09

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All the videos

  1. Psyche’s Mars Gravity Assist: Slingshot Toward a Metal Asteroid

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2:12

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  2. New Glenn NG-2 Live: ESCAPADE to Mars and a Booster Landing Try

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 2:29:30

    Mission: New Glenn NG-2 ESCAPADE

  3. Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3:09

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  4. New Glenn NG-2 Countdown: ESCAPADE Launch and Booster Landing Plan

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 2:33:06

    Mission: ESCAPADE (New Glenn NG-2)

  5. Cassini’s Grand Finale: Final Dive Into Saturn After 20 Years

    DocumentaryThe New York Times · 4:55

    Mission: Cassini

  6. Cassini’s Grand Finale: 22 Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3:40

    Mission: Cassini

  7. Cassini’s Final Plunge into Saturn: Mission Control Highlights

    Press briefingNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2:41

    Mission: Cassini

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