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Psyche Mission Description and Design Rationale.

Carol A Polanskey, Linda T Elkins-Tanton, James F Bell, Eleanor K Alonge, Sarah H Bairstow, Richard P Binzel, Abhijit Biswas, Luke Bury, Ernest Cisneros, Dongsuk Han and 20 more

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Review in Space science reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. The Psyche Light Elements Investigation.Space science reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors.

Carol A PolanskeyJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6782-4408
Linda T Elkins-TantonSchool of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ USA.
James F BellSchool of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ USA.
Eleanor K AlongeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Sarah H BairstowJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Richard P BinzelMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA.
Abhijit BiswasJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Luke BuryJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Ernest CisnerosSchool of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ USA.
Dongsuk HanJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Insoo JunJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
William M KlipsteinJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
David J LawrenceJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA.
Timothy J McCoySmithsonian Institution, Washington, DC USA.
Nickolaos MastrodemosJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
José M G MerayoDTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Sarah K NobleNASA Headquarters, Washington, DC USA.
David Y OhJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Rona OranMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA.
Carolyn A OrtegaJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Ryan S ParkJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Patrick N PeplowskiJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA.
Thomas H PrettymanPlanetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ USA.
Marc D RaymanJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Jodie B ReamMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA.
Thomas RoatschGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany.
Timothy M WeiseJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Daniel D WenkertJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Benjamin P WeissMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA.
Maria T ZuberMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Psyche spacecraft launched on October 13, 2023 to journey to the asteroid of the same name. Psyche is the largest M-class asteroid and possibly the remanent core of an early differentiated planetesimal that was disrupted by collisions. The Psyche mission will test that hypothesis as the 14th mission in NASA's Discovery Program. An alternative hypothesis is that the asteroid is unmelted primordial material. We describe the proposal competition process leading to selection of the mission and its context with other small body missions. This paper will briefly introduce the three science instruments, gravity science investigation, and Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, leading into a detailed explanation of the science mission architecture. The orbital science phase is divided into a series of circular mapping orbits at four distinct altitudes, each selected to address specific science objectives. The requirements and objectives for each orbit are accompanied by an assessment of the effectiveness of each phase. We discuss the structure of the Psyche team during the operations phase along with the roles and responsibilities of the science and flight operations teams. Key elements of mission operations that are unique to the Psyche mission are provided. The Science Data Center manages and archives the Psyche mission data. The contents of the archive data sets for each instrument are outlined as well as the interfaces between the Science Data Center, the instrument teams, and the Planetary Data System.

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(16) PsycheAsteroidsMission operationsPsyche missionScience operations

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PMID41104390
PMCPMC12521304

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