jsc2022m001468_SHARED_TimeLapse HALO Install at SVMF_12-21-22_Flatbed Truck View
Gateway's Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) mockup is delivered to the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas for human factors testing and astronaut training for missions to the Moon.
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Psyche Spacecraft Move to Building 9
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft moved to Building 9 at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 14, 2023. This move will allow a team of technicians and engineers to load the spacecraft with xenon gas. Psyche’s solar electric propulsion system will use its large solar panels to create electric and magnetic fields to accelerate and expel charged xenon atoms, or ions, to create thrust. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Launch is targeted for Oct. 5, 2023. Riding with Psyche is a pioneering technology demonstration, NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment
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