NASA's Psyche mission to 'slingshot' from Mars' gravity on May 15

NASA's Psyche mission spacecraft will perform a Mars gravity assist also called a 'slingshot' maneuver on May 15 on its journey to the '16 Psyche' asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. The maneuver is expected to boost the spacecraft's speed using Mars' gravitational pull while saving fuel. The mission aims to study the asteroid which may contain large amounts of metal.