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Psyche

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Active mission, cruising to the asteroid Psyche after its Mars flyby; arrival 2029 (science.nasa.gov, checked 2026-11-01).

Measured

Agency
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Launched
2023-10-13
From the Earth today
1.62 AU (243 million km)

How far, from the Earth

1.62 AU. To cross it:

  • Light13 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed5.47 months
  • Driving at 100 km/h277 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • JPL Horizons trajectory round the Sun: worst miss 400 km on the dates it was checked against (median 11 km); between those dates as much as about 1,200 km. Dates after the data was fetched are Horizons' predictions, which it revises as a mission flies. Horizons' data from 2027-03-01 on is a different trajectory (2 million km away from where the current one was heading), so it is not used: past that date the craft is extrapolated, then not placed.

Where this comes from

  • NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
  • Spacecraft trajectories: JPL Horizons, NASA/JPL-Caltech; each mission's agency credited on its card.

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