NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

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• 1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PIA26771 Credits NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images…
• Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PNG (251.49 KB) Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m.
• PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist.
• Captured by the spacecraft’s multispectral imager instrument, this was the last view of the whole planet before it began to overfill the field of view of the camera.
• Because Psyche approached Mars from a high phase angle, the planet appeared as a thin crescent in the days running up to the close approach, lit by sunlight reflecting off its surface.