{"id":481466,"date":"2026-07-18T08:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/photojournal\/the-growing-crescent-of-mars-as-nasas-psyche-mission-approaches\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:32:27","slug":"the-growing-crescent-of-mars-as-nasas-psyche-mission-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=481466","title":{"rendered":"The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA\u2019s Psyche Mission Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto 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The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of the of the image as Mars is farthest from the spacecraft, and progressively grows as the spacecraft gets closer. After these views were captured by the spacecraft\u2019s multispectral imager instrument, Mars began to overfill the field of view as Psyche made close approach with the planet and captured a series of high-resolution images of the surface.<\/p>\n<p>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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