NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some awesome pictures on the way.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Time lapse images taken from May 2 to 15 show the changing view of crescent Mars from the Psyche spacecraft. - ...

An asteroid that no longer exists, at least not in the shape astronomers once recorded, may have quietly sketched the fastest ...

In space, you’d think there would be no shortcuts. It’s space. It’s defined by its vastness, its emptiness, and, you’d imagine, its directness. You just have to go from here to there in a straight ...

The spacecraft used Mars' gravity to gain a speed boost for its journey to a metal-rich asteroid. Psyche's ultimate destination is a metallic asteroid of the same name, which it is expected to reach ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way.The Psyche mission, ...