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https://spacenews.com/nasa-psyche-mission-back-on-track-for-october-launch/

> NASA released June 5 a report by the independent review board (IRB) commissioned by the agency last year after Psyche missed two launch windows in 2022 because of delays in the development and testing of flight software. That board concluded last fall that Psyche had suffered from software development programs but also broader issues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including a strained workforce and poor internal communications.

the report https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/psyche_irb_assessment_report_with_nasa_response_may_2023_508.pdf

> “The IRB believes the response to our Psyche project and JPL institution findings and recommendations to be excellent,” Tom Young, chair of the IRB, said in a call with reporters. “We believe that Psyche is on a positive course for an October 2023 launch.”

> The delay does come at some additional cost to NASA, which officials on the call said is still being assessed. A May 31 report by the Government Accountability Office assessing major NASA projects noted that the cost of Psyche, projected at just under $1 billion at the time of its confirmation in 2019, has grown to nearly $1.13 billion as of January 2023. The report added that new estimate was under review because of potentially higher operations costs linked to a longer travel time caused by the delay.