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 a high-speed time-lapse video and mosaic imagery of Mars captured during the Psyche spacecraft's planetary flyby.
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NASA released a time-lapse video and photos of Mars captured by the Psyche spacecraft during its flyby. The imagery featured the planet's polar ice caps, craters, and desert landscapes.
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured a month-long time-lapse video and enhanced-color mosaics while zooming past Mars. The footage shows the spacecraft traveling at 12,328 MPH, providing views of the planet's deserts, craters, and polar ice caps.
Coverage from Scientific American, PetaPixel, and IFLScience emphasizes the visual nature of the release, describing the imagery as mind-bending and mesmerizing. Other reports from USA Today and Popular Science highlight the rarity of the perspective provided by the asteroid-bound craft.
Attention is now on the data captured by the multispectral imager instrument, including an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15, 2026.
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Which spacecraft captured the footage?
The imagery was captured by NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
How fast was the spacecraft traveling during the time-lapse?
According to IFLScience, the spacecraft was flying towards Mars at 12,328 MPH.
When were the images for the mosaic acquired?
The four individual images used for the mosaic were acquired on May 15, 2026.
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- Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts Scientific American · 46d ago
- Psyche Approaches Mars NASA (.gov) · 46d ago
- You can see Mars as rarely viewed in new NASA spacecraft photos USA Today · 46d ago
- Fly Towards Mars At 12,328 MPH In This Incredible Video Timelapse Of The Psyche Spacecraft IFLScience · 46d ago
- NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Captures Mind-Bending Month-Long Timelapse of Mars PetaPixel · 46d 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 · 46d ago
- Crescent Mars from Psyche The Planetary Society · 46d ago
- Mars’ desolate desert landscape captured by asteroid-bound NASA spacecraft Popular Science · 46d 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 · 46d ago
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