Author: Psyche Inspired

The piece is a planar sculpture depicting the asteroid (16) Psyche. Each plane is made from tightly wrapped white yarn. The sculpture is lit from the inside. It is oriented so that the two craters of the asteroid are prominently featured on the bottom of the sculpture.

June 25, 2020 / Psyche Inspired

Application for Psyche Inspired Due August 12

The application for the 2020-2021 Psyche Inspired program is now available! The Psyche mission invites full-time, enrolled undergraduate students from universities and community colleges in the...

May 20, 2020 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche Inspired Virtual Gallery – Cobalt Class

Click through the 3D virtual gallery created in artsteps to explore each of the gallery rooms and view artworks from the Cobalt Class of Psyche Inspired interns (2019-2020). The map icon on the...

May 20, 2020 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche Inspired Art Gallery App – Cobalt Class

The Psyche Inspired Art Gallery app (Cobalt Class – 2019-2020) is a clickable gallery that will let you explore the art pieces created by our Psyche Inspired interns from across the nation...
A black background with hints of white stars and a white heart at the center that is shooting out rays of colors such as white, pink and yellow.

January 17, 2020 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche Inspired Iron Class Book

Psyche Inspired was piloted at ASU during the 2017-2018 academic year. Psyche Inspired was expanded nationally during the 2018-2019 academic year. The works from the 2018-2019 Psyche Inspired...
This image shows a young child intently coloring in the Psyche badge.

August 22, 2019 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche For Kids

These two works are designed to engage younger students in the mission. The song, called “Beep, Boop, Beep, Boop Asteroid,” about finding Psyche, is set to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle,...
Approaching 16 Psyche music sheet.

January 26, 2019 / Psyche Inspired

Approaching 16 Psyche – Ryan Powell

This marching band tune about the Psyche spacecraft coming up upon the asteroid, captures the excitement and beauty of the final moments before it enters orbit around the Psyche asteroid. There...
this image is of our Psyche Inspired intern Ryan Powell who playing the piano and editing his music of his computer.

January 5, 2019 / Psyche Inspired

JOURNEY TO PSYCHE – A 3D EXPERIENCE – RYAN POWELL

This piece is a combination of music and the 3D sound aspect to tell a sort of story on the way to the asteroid that uses sound bites from previous NASA missions, showing how far we’ve come...
This is the cover of the Psyche Inspired book for the Titanium Class. It shows the title, an outline of the Psyche spacecraft, and an artistic scribble of oranges, reds, and yellows.

November 24, 2018 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche Inspired Titanium Class Book

Psyche Inspired was piloted at ASU during the 2017-2018 academic year. The artworks from the 2017-2018 Psyche Inspired interns, also known as Titanium Class, are displayed in a downloadable...
Along with the song is a lyric sheet. The lyric sheet is a one-page, horizontal sheet that contains the title "An Asteroid Named Psyche" in big bold letters at the top of the page. On either side of the title are two small graphics, both the same, of a circular cartoon asteroid in black and white. Underneath the title are the full lyrics, clumped into paragraphs for each separate verse and chorus. There is also a notated lead sheet which contains the notated melody with the chords written above the staff lines and the lyrics written below.

November 6, 2018 / Psyche Inspired

AN ASTEROID NAMED PSYCHE – Ryan Powell

An Asteroid Named Psyche is a children’s song that follows the asteroid’s story. The purpose of the song was to be both educational and exciting for kids; Therefore, Ryan brought...
Cover for the children's book "Psyche's Journey to a Metal World" showing the Earth, the spacecraft, and the asteroid on a starry background.

June 25, 2018 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche’s Journey to a Metal World

Psyche Inspired participants wrote and illustrated a coloring book about the Psyche mission from the perspective of the spacecraft. Read the book online Leer libro en español Download and print...
This image shows the Psyche zine folded up into an eight-page black and white miniature book.

June 25, 2018 / Psyche Inspired

Psyche Zine

Make and read a one-page ‘zine’ about Psyche, created by Megan Bromley of Psyche Inspired. Print out your zine and watch a video about how to fold it into a mini book: Psyche Zine Printout (PDF)

This is a screenshot of the sheet music composition entitled Journey.

February 22, 2018 / Psyche Inspired

Journey – Isaac Wisdom

This piece captures the feelings of the Psyche probe’s journey to its namesake, the asteroid Psyche. His inspiration came from the balance between the solemn yet dignified solitude the probe...