As Psyche Mission Moves Forward, NASA Responds to Independent Review NASA and the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, which leads Psyche, shared a response Friday to the results of an independent review board convened to determine why the mission to study a metal-rich asteroid of the same name missed its planned 2022 launch opportunity. http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/as-psyche-mission-moves-forward-nasa-responds-to-independent-review