NASA has just released a jaw-dropping video of a spacecraft's view as it zoomed past Mars. You've got to see this
NASA has released new visual data from the Psyche spacecraft, showcasing a month-long timelapse and enhanced-color images of Mars captured during a recent flyby.
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft has transmitted footage and imagery documenting its recent passage by Mars. The mission, primarily asteroid-bound, utilized its onboard multispectral imager to record the planetary transit. Among the released materials is a month-long timelapse video and an enhanced-color mosaic constructed from four images taken on May 15, 2026.
Coverage from outlets including PetaPixel, The Planetary Society, and BBC Sky at Night Magazine highlights the technical nature of the imagery. Reports from Popular Science and Clarksville Online detail that the visuals reveal the desert landscape of the planet, identifying the data as a product of the NASA/JPL-Caltech and ASU collaboration. Publicly available data currently centers on these initial releases from the flyby.
Coverage does not yet specify further planned imaging targets for the mission as it continues its primary trajectory toward its intended asteroid destination.
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Quick answers
What captured the Mars footage?
The images and video were captured by the multispectral imager instrument aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
When were the source images for the mosaic taken?
The four images used to create the enhanced-color mosaic were acquired on May 15, 2026.
Is Psyche's primary mission Mars?
No, the spacecraft is described in coverage as asteroid-bound, having captured these views while passing Mars.
Coverage (7)
- You can see Mars as rarely viewed in new NASA spacecraft photos USA Today · 1d ago
- Fly Towards Mars At 12,328 MPH In This Incredible Video Timelapse Of The Psyche Spacecraft IFLScience · 1d ago
- NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Captures Mind-Bending Month-Long Timelapse of Mars PetaPixel · 1d ago
- Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15th, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) Clarksville Online · 1d ago
- Crescent Mars from Psyche The Planetary Society · 1d ago
- Mars’ desolate desert landscape captured by asteroid-bound NASA spacecraft Popular Science · 1d ago
- NASA has just released a jaw-dropping video of a spacecraft's view as it zoomed past Mars. You've got to see this BBC Sky at Night Magazine · 1d ago
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