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Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, after concerted efforts to remotely reset the spacecraft's ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of the Red Planet on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the Martian surface. The spacecraft used Mars for a gravity assist to boost its speed and adjust its orbital plane without sparing any onboard propellant before heading directly toward the asteroid, according to NASA.

Isro scientist Nandini Harinath wore the sari on the "single most critical day" of India's Mars mission.

'A lot of people talk about Mars. We like Mars, we're gonna land on Mars. We're gonna do a city on Mars. But let's get it started with a flyby.'

See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation. Credit: Rocket Lab