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NASA Image of the Day · July 21, 2026

Psyche Approaches Mars

Psyche Approaches Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASULicence: NASA media usage guidelinesFull-size image and original page at NASA Image of the Day

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This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. 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.

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