Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars last week as a dress rehearsal for its arrival at the Solar System’s largest metal asteroid in 2029.

China has unveiled their new cargo spacecraft with under construction footage and an animation. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past Mars on Friday, on its way toward a rare metal-rich asteroid.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars in a precision flyby that helped catapult it deeper into space toward its ultimate target: the bizarre metal-rich asteroid Psyche. During the encounter, it snapped detailed images of heavily cratered Martian terrain,

NASA's Psyche spacecraft just snapped some unusual new views of Mars that may require cocking your head sideways. These space images can play tricks on your brain. At first glance

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant slingshot on its journey to a mysterious metal world that could reveal what’s hidden inside planets like Earth.

Under the potential NASA contract, the contractor will design, develop, integrate and evaluate the Landsat 10 spacecraft.

NASA has released the photos Psyche took when it did a flyby of Mars.