NASA Psyche Probe Captures Mars Flyby Timelapse
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- NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown zooming past Mars in a newly released timelapse video, with the footage revealing the planet's craters, polar ice caps, and deserts.
- The Psyche probe snapped new Mars photos during the flyby while en route to its primary destination — an asteroid — and the mission has now delivered the associated Mars flyby data alongside the time-lapse imagery.
Why it matters: The release of Psyche's Mars flyby data and imagery represents a public checkpoint in the probe's journey to its target asteroid, with the time-lapse showcasing craters, polar ice caps, and deserts captured during the encounter before the primary science mission begins.
