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Layers of Psyche
...Zack Gibson March 18, 2022 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: Sculpture, Chipboard, Spray paint About the work: Layers of Psyche is a sculpture of...
03-18-2022
Psyche Orbit Timeline
Maia Huddleston March 16, 2022 Major: Mass Media Genre/Medium: Graphic/Product Design About the work: This piece originated as a series of pie charts representing...
03-16-2022
Large Regions of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration
...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche...
03-29-2021
Small-Scale Mix of Rock and Metal: Psyche Asteroid Illustration
...This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche...
03-29-2021
Orbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)
...This illustration shows how NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore the asteroid Psyche, beginning with Orbit A when it arrives at the asteroid...
12-20-2021
Using Gravity to Study an Asteroid
...NASA’s Psyche mission will use gravity to study the interior structure of its asteroid target, also named Psyche. By measuring subtle changes in the...
09-28-2023
NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal-Rich Asteroid (Teaser Trailer)
...There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, so why is NASA going to the asteroid Psyche? Scientists think this particular asteroid, which orbits...
10-05-2023
Psyche Mission Timeline Image
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft takes a spiral path to the asteroid Psyche, as depicted in this graphic that shows the path from above the plane of the...
09-11-2023
Lady and the Asteroid
...Leila Mirza April 11th, 2024 Major: Undeclared Genre/Medium: Stoneware clay, mid-fire glaze, acrylic paint About the work: In crafting Lady in the Asteroid,...
04-11-2024
Asteroid Belt
...engaged the public but also shared a little history. In the ASU Asteroid Belt, I included three asteroids that humans have already visited, Eros, Vesta...
03-02-2018
The Metal Asteroid
...can be viewed as abstract from up close or from afar, where the nail caps come together to form a complete view of the asteroid. To get the full effect...
01-22-2021
Art of an Asteroid
...Aarti Patel February 26, 2021 Major: Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: digital illustration using Adobe Illustrator About the work: The Art of an...
02-26-2021
Lumps of the Asteroid Belt
...Kemari Tinsley-Smith May 12th, 2023 Major: Geology Genre/Medium: Vectors and 3D assets About the work: “Lumps of the Asteroid Belt” is a...
05-12-2023
Soul of the Asteroid Belt
...Brenton Chase Date: November 13, 2018 Major: forensic psychology Genre/Medium: digital illustration About the work: Displayed here is the Psyche asteroid...
11-13-2018
An Asteroid Named Psyche
...Ryan Powell Date: November 06, 2018 Major: music Genre/Medium: composition About the work: An Asteroid Named Psyche is a children’s song that I wrote,...
11-30-2018
Psykhe: The Goddess and Asteroid
...Rachel McNeil Date: February 13, 2019 Major: environmental sustainability management Genre/Medium: painting/acrylic and marker About the work: This...
02-13-2019
Ad Asteroid
...stark visual contrast and its interactive nature. She was gracious enough to allow me to use her cutout of Psyche the asteroid as the foundation for...
04-28-2020
A Matinee on Main (Asteroid Belt)
...my projector to illuminate the face of a friend. Her face represents Psyche’s, which is blended into the asteroid, showing Psyche looking out...
03-20-2023
Psyche Launches to a Metal Asteroid (Official NASA Broadcast)
...(1419 UTC) Friday, Oct. 13. The mission to Psyche will take us on a journey to a metal-rich asteroid. During this mission we will be researching the...
10-13-2023
Artist’s Conception of Psyche spacecraft at Psyche asteroid
...This artist’s conception shows the Psyche spacecraft near the surface of the Psyche asteroid....
01-10-2018
Artist’s Conception of the Psyche Asteroid
...This artist’s conception shows a close-up of the Psyche asteroid. Image Credit: Peter Rubin...
02-05-2018
Orbit Kinetic Ring
...can do something like this is still amazing to me, and the possibilities of what we may discover about the Psyche asteroid is beyond exciting. This...
11-15-2019
Approaching the Asteroid
...the work: This project is a multimedia mosaic of the Psyche spacecraft approaching the asteroid. The hardest part of this project was fitting pieces...
03-24-2021
The Ethereal Psyche: Goddess and Asteroid
...nature of the Psyche asteroid, and the goddess’s face shape mimics that of the formation itself. Celestial prints mixed with more organic patterns...
02-10-2023
NASA’s Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer
...Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team prepares for a targeted Oct. 5, 2023, launch to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun...
07-18-2023
Inspiration from Information: Wonders of Psyche
...Ally Lewis October 23rd, 2023 Major: Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Genre/Medium: Digital Medium-Procreate! About the work: After doing...
10-23-2023
Soulstice
...Greek myth of the goddess Psyche, whom the asteroid is named after, and the history of NASA’s Psyche mission, “Soulstice” plays on the idea...
10-27-2023
3D-Printed Psyche Asteroid Model
Painted 3-D model of the Psyche Asteroid
12-02-2017
3D-Printed Psyche Asteroid Models
Large painted 3-D model of the Psyche Asteroid
12-02-2017
An Asteroid Named Psyche: Animated Typography
...song personifies the Psyche asteroid and for me that was a lot of fun to play with in terms of animation. I created the digital work to look like paper...
04-01-2019
Asteroid Tunes
...to make, and I brought back some of my experience in Xcode, writing in Swift! Credit to fellow intern Jessika Raisor for the adorable asteroid artwork!...
05-17-2019
The Psyche Flight Deck
...of the asteroid, as well as teach the players about the mission by including fun facts about the mission timeline, the asteroid, the Greek goddess Psyche,...
04-30-2021
Psyche Science Goals and Objectives (Asteroid Chillin’)
...T.M.S. (Aurelia L. Waller) June 14, 2021 Major: Astronomical and Planetary Sciences Genre/Medium: BandLab, Clips, iMovie, Paint 3D About the work: “Psyche...
06-14-2021
Meet NASA’s Psyche Team Who Will Measure the Asteroid’s Magnetic Field
...NASA’s Psyche team will measure the asteroid’s magnetic field using a magnetometer. This instrument is composed of two identical high-sensitivity...
06-30-2021
Imaging a Metal World
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will use highly sensitive cameras to allow scientists to see a metal-rich asteroid that’s never been imaged up close before....
09-28-2023
Story of Psyche
...as an asteroid through three separate panels inspired by metal engravings. The first panel on the left is Psyche’s past, where another asteroid is...
11-01-2023
Inspired in Space
...Psyche asteroid. The Twinkling LED lights in the background represent the distant stars in the vastness of space. The Psyche spacecraft is adorned with...
11-14-2023
Psyche’s Journey
...asteroid, with a partial circle representing the asteroid’s lost outer layers. It is a 3D rendering, with digitally-painted textures and one procedurally-generated...
02-01-2019
PsycheBot
...preexisting scientific images of Psyche and hypothesized colors of the asteroid, which are based off the metals and materials that may comprise it....
11-08-2019
In 2026
...and be able to capture detailed images of it. In the future, I imagine we’ll be learning and seeing the asteroid in planetariums. Therefore, I...
11-27-2019
Psyche Asteroid Wallpaper
07-13-2020
Psyche Delic Asteroid Wallpaper
07-14-2020
Psyche Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept)
...This artist’s concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will...
07-14-2020
Madam in her Universe
...universe. However, the painting is not just about the Goddess, but what she represents: the soul. Thus, there are many other motifs related to the soul...
02-01-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Illustration
...This illustration, updated as of March 2021, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a...
03-29-2021
Circle Chess
...are inspired by asteroids of the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper Belt. The concentric rings of the circular chess board evoke the idea of orbits. White pieces...
04-06-2022
The Mind and Soul
...Mary Pyrdol June 1, 2022 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: Printmaking/Woodcut/Ink/Masa About the work: Considering the name of the asteroid, “Psyche”...
06-01-2022
Psyche Mission Launches From Kennedy Space Center (Highlights)
...Highlights from the Oct. 13, 2023, launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which will travel 2.2 billion miles to a metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid...
10-13-2023
Psyche: Journey to a Metal World
...Psyche is both the name of an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter — and the name of an ASU mission to visit that asteroid. The mission...
12-03-2017
Backyard Telescope
...asteroid (16) Psyche to scientists and non-scientists alike because of the Psyche Mission. Images and information collected during NASA-led missions...
04-03-2018
Human Psyche
...Carissa Tinoco Date: April 26, 2019 Major: molecular environmental biology Genre/Medium: adobe illustrator About the work: This ethereal piece illustrates...
04-26-2019
Seeing Psyche
...Binh-An Nguyen November 1, 2019 Major: Chemistry (Art Minor) Genre/Medium: Mixed Paper About the work: Currently, we can only view the Psyche asteroid...
10-31-2019
Psyche’s Psyche
...Ral Vandenhoudt December 11, 2019 Major: Biology, Economics Genre/Medium: digital About the work: The goddess Psyche represents the soul. As such, I...
12-11-2019
Orbit
...the asteroid. The computer-generated sounds are representative of the spacecraft and the guitar is representative of the asteroid. Both the guitar and...
03-13-2020
Magnetic Field
...information about the Psyche asteroid. One of those instruments is a magnetometer, which will be measuring Psyche’s magnetic field. I aim to show...
05-11-2020
Rock n’ Rug
...blue color. The overall rug is a yarn replica of the rendered photos of the psyche asteroid. The top left corner is light grey and white with a golden...
04-07-2021
Formation | Aspiration | Connection
...the Psyche mission and interpret it in my own way. The 3 artworks depict (16) Psyche’s hypothesized creation, our imagination of what we hope to do...
05-03-2021
Spacecraft in Integration & Test
...an asteroid of the same name in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists believe asteroid Psyche, which is about 140 miles (226 kilometers)...
08-24-2021
Soul Searching
...and the asteroid, asks Earth. Psyche stands before the Psyche asteroid wearing metallic jewelry and clothing. She presents the Psyche spacecraft between...
11-10-2021
Faces of Psyche
...was to bring some of these physical features to life through a series of portraits personifying the asteroid. Its characteristics could first be separated...
12-03-2021
The Butterfly Effect
...the name “Psyche” , which refers to the asteroid, the mission, the spacecraft, and the goddess simultaneously. The project is also inspired...
02-21-2022
How Big is 16 Psyche?
...(16) Psyche asteroid is in comparison to things people actually have experience with. Although size comparisons on larger scales are useful, it can...
06-06-2022
Persevere Through Adversity
...that the core of 16-Psyche was still molten at impact and eventually reformed around a center of gravity. Here, Psyche stays focused on rebuilding herself...
03-03-2023
A Gift from Beyond
...a scenario where Psyche was gifting us the Psyche Asteroid. Through the journey of this project, we were able to have more insight on the Psyche mission...
03-22-2023
Mission Accomplished
...of the Psyche mission. Although this mission will not be sending astronauts to the asteroid, nor is the asteroid small enough to fit in the palm of...
05-02-2023
Soulful Gift
...intriguing setting where Psyche, the goddess of the soul, is giving us a part of her essence, her soul. Her essence turns into the Psyche asteroid taking...
05-10-2023
Is NASA Mining Asteroids? We Asked a NASA Expert
...asteroid to study what appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. However, the science...
06-28-2023
Psyche Power System Engineer Ben Inouye – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Ben Inouye, a power system engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In...
09-07-2023
Psyche Orbital Operations
...NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will gather science at the asteroid Psyche at four orbit altitudes, as depicted in this graphic. It has been updated...
09-11-2023
Psyche Electrical Engineer Luis Dominguez – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Luis Dominguez, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche. In this video,...
09-21-2023
Forging Forward
...and Eros mythological characters in a moment within her story over the current mission of the Psyche satellite sent to orbit the 16-Psyche asteroid,...
12-04-2023
Heart-felt Symphony
...were: The Psyche Asteroid, the Psyche Spacecraft, the Falcon Heavy Rocket carrying the spacecraft, and the DSN (Deep Space Network) Antenna. I represented...
03-29-2024
Illuminae
...as the heart of the mission itself, the Psyche asteroid. Together, they embody humanity’s curiosity about the universe. In the foreground, outlines...
04-12-2024
Star Dust
...asteroid belt: a black sheet of poster board stippled with white ink. To serve as a model for the possible shapes and textures of the asteroid, I used...
01-14-2018
Psyche Perspective
...Brianna Orrill Date: February 19, 2018 Major: astrobiology Genre/Medium: watercolor About the work: This is a painting of the asteroid inspired by the...
02-19-2018
Psyche-Delic
...up a big part of the posters, the text had a stylistic and striking diagonal to them, and that all the details of both the asteroid and the spacecraft...
11-16-2018
Transfer
...Rachel McNeil Date: November 11, 2018 Major: environmental sustainability management Genre/Medium: acrylic paint About the work: This piece explores...
11-21-2018
Psyche Designs 1, 2, 3
...of the Psyche mission while using consistent color palettes. When viewed all together, the designs create an abstract narrative of the asteroid and...
02-11-2019
Psyche has a Metal Soul
...Levi Keatts October 28, 2019 Major: Art Foundation (intended Painting/Mathematics double major) Genre/Medium: oil paint on aluminum composite panel...
10-28-2019
Psyche’s Projected Orbits
...media. I thought animating these orbit patterns would be a successful way to show how the craft would move around and interact with the asteroid. Motion...
11-18-2019
Psyche Twinkles
...in charge of how many stars light up to surround the Psyche 16 asteroid and its orbiter via temperature. When the sensor is introduced to icy temperatures,...
11-20-2019
Psyche Bot Model-19
...William Strunk November 25, 2019 Major: Civil Engineering Genre/Medium: Steampunk, Robot Statue, 3/4″ PVC pipe, EVA foam, & cardboard About...
11-25-2019
Meeting Psyche
...Chase Mortensen December 4, 2019 Major: Computer Science Genre/Medium: acrylic About the work: This piece shows the Psyche spacecraft approaching the...
12-02-2019
Psyche in Motion
...inspired by the Psyche Spacecraft orbiting 16 Psyche. Rather than simply depicting the movement of the satellite around the asteroid, I thought it would...
12-09-2019
Metal Clouds
...mantle was ripped away by repeated collisions. This would have resulted in clouds of metal and rock surrounding the asteroid. However, this is only...
12-16-2019
Psyche Sunrise
...on (16) Psyche as you catch a glimpse of a satellite flying above you. Watch as the sunlight reflects beautifully off the likely largely iron-nickel...
05-22-2020
Psyche in Progress
...to launch in August 2022, Psyche’s will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name that lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter....
07-14-2020
Heart of Gold
...Sam Hollasch November 09, 2020 Major: Industrial Design Genre/Medium: digital illustration About the work: The Psyche asteroid is hypothesized to be...
11-09-2020
Breathless
...of the Psyche mission and the mysteriousness of space and the Psyche asteroid. The piece starts off with a violin solo and vocals to represent the launch...
11-20-2020
Psyche Vintage Travel Poster
...asteroid to be the main focus of the poster, but I still wanted to add the fact that we are well on our way to visiting the asteroid by including...
11-25-2020
Psyche Spacecraft
...belt. Psyche will arrive at the metal-rich asteroid of the same name in 2026, orbiting for 21 months to investigate its composition. Scientists think...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main asteroid belt. Psyche will arrive at the metal-rich asteroid of the same name...
03-29-2021
Psyche Spacecraft
...rigorous checkout and testing before being shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main...
03-29-2021
Movement at Psyche
...sketches. The writings include statistics and details of the Psyche asteroid, along with a sheet of brass, aluminum, and slab of sand to represent the...
04-05-2021
NASA Psyche Mission: Charting a Metallic World
...In this artist’s rendition, we explore a metallic world named Psyche, an asteroid that offers a unique window into the building blocks of planet formation....
09-08-2021
“What once was, what could’ve been”
...Caillyn Jeffery March 4, 2022 Major: Creative Technologies Genre/Medium: Acrylic paint About the work: This painting explores what one was, and what...
03-04-2022
Soul of Psyche
...Alyssa Armstrong November 8th, 2022 Major: Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Studio Art) Genre/Medium: Digital Painting About the work: In “Soul of Psyche”,...
11-08-2022
Psyche in Stages
...asteroid itself. I really wanted to portray the colorful, expressive, technical, exciting, useful, and hopeful nature of the mission through these four...
11-21-2022
Psyche Orrery
...orrery, showcases Psyche’s general position relative to all other planets in our solar system. As demonstrated by this model, the Psyche asteroid...
01-06-2023
Psyche Vision
...mission, and in the eye’s reflection the Psyche asteroid and orbiter are visible. I wanted to emphasize the connection between humans and our...
01-27-2023
Journey to a metal world
...from the creation of the asteroid to the mission to study it. In the video, it starts with an assumption for the origin of the Psyche asteroid, which...
02-06-2023
New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team
...These short videos offer glimpses of the people who’ve helped make this upcoming journey to a metal-rich asteroid possible What motivates someone...
08-21-2023
Psyche Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li – Behind the Spacecraft
...Join us LIVE as we chat with Julie Li, an engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid. Li, of Maxar...
09-13-2023
Psyche Liftoff
...2023. The Psyche mission will study a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s...
11-02-2023
On Display
...piece that examines the potential impact of future discoveries about the composition and nature of Psyche. The central focus of the piece is the Psyche...
11-08-2023
Goddess of the Soul of Space
...the asteroid. Her eyes reflect the deep void of space, marked by colorful nebulas. She is surrounded by a few, colorful stars. The piece marries both...
11-22-2023
Highlighting the Wonders of Psyche
...the Goddess Psyche and the asteroid to show the dual ideas associated with the name ‘Psyche’. By implementing transparent materials, I tried to...
12-15-2023
Psyche Odyssey Vinyl Album
...placed in the background to give viewers an idea of where the Psyche Asteroid and Craft will be located in our planetary system on the projected arrival...
01-17-2024
Reaching for the Future
...inspired by various aspects of the Psyche Mission. Specifically, it features models of the Psyche spacecraft, asteroid, and rocket, along with two scientists...
01-19-2024
Butterfly Effect
...step out of my comfort zone and try hand-building in order to capture the raw, crude, and imperfect nature of a celestial body. Based on simulated photos...
01-23-2024
The Light of Psyche
...the shape of the Psyche Asteroid set on a wooden base. This work was inspired by the physical form of the psyche asteroid as well as the strong emotional...
02-23-2024
The Heart of Psyche
...Chris Vasquez Date: November 29, 2017 Major: drawing Genre/Medium: illustration in Photoshop About the work: For this project I created an illustration...
12-02-2017
(16) Psyche
...Megan Bromley Date: November 4, 2017 Major: biogeoscience/English (double major) Genre/Medium: ink-printed paper, cellophane tape About the work: This...
12-02-2017
Psyche: Then and Now
...the “then” and “now” of Psyche. I layered multiple different cut-outs, separated and framed by foam core, to create the final piece. The Psyche...
12-02-2017
Papier Mache Psyche
...of the Psyche asteroid roughly the size of a laundry basket. We used a papier-mâché technique in order to achieve this goal, using wire, foam, and...
12-03-2017
ASU KEDtalk: Psyche – Journey to a Metal World
...world who has an asteroid named after her (Google Asteroid 8252 Elkins-Tanton). Why should we explore space? What does science need to make real progress?...
12-03-2017
Psyche Close-up
...This artist’s conception shows a close-up of the surface of the Psyche asteroid....
01-10-2018
Psyche: Join the Journey to a Metal World
...Join the Psyche team to explore why this mission was selected for NASA’s Discovery Program, how we’ll get to the asteroid, what we hope to learn...
04-03-2018
Psyched To Go Home
...Chloe Carriere Date: November 26, 2018 Major: chemical engineering Genre/Medium: gouache and canvas About the work: This piece depicts the Psyche orbiter...
11-26-2018
Psyche String Theory
...Angela Wroblewski February 22, 2019 Major: astronomy & physics Genre/Medium: String art About the work: This piece is the Psyche asteroid pictured...
02-22-2019
Approaching 16 Psyche
...up upon the asteroid. I tried to capture the excitement and beauty of the final moments before it enters orbit around the Psyche asteroid. I went pretty...
03-20-2019
Psyche Smash
...model of the Psyche asteroid by wrapping a steel ball in polymer clay. Then I simulated the impact that removed the asteroid’s outer layers by...
05-03-2019
Spiraling Hope
...inspiration from topography and contour maps, the 3D printed asteroid—dry brushed in blushes and metallics—features a rosy idea for what could be...
11-06-2019
Psyche Journey
...Silvia Valladares November 22, 2019 Major: Kinetic Imaging Genre/Medium: 3D VR animation About the work: “Psyche Journey” follows the Psyche...
11-22-2019
Psyche 16
...an emphasis on rays of light surrounding the asteroid. The rays extending out from Psyche represent the many different angles from which the asteroid...
12-20-2019
Contemplation
...puppet and a clay model of the Psyche asteroid. In the short animation, the Greek goddess Psyche is seen holding and contemplating the Psyche asteroid...
01-13-2020
The Birth of Psyche
...Joyce Tsui January 24, 2020 Major: Art studies Genre/Medium: digital About the work: Psyche the asteroid is thought to be created from other asteroids...
01-24-2020
Orbiting the Unknown in VR
...actually there. The virtual world brings about new wonders, one of which is the possibilty to see Psyche up close. In the VR space, an asteroid can...
01-26-2020
Layers
...to the Psyche asteroid and the creation and launch of the Psyche spacecraft. To me, the people working on the mission are just as intriguing as the...
02-27-2020
Somewhere Between Jupiter and Mars
...makes me think about how far we have come as humans–from being enamored with a pebble to sending an unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid far away from...
03-27-2020
Light Curves
...of the asteroid (16) Psyche. It was inspired by a paper called “Radar Observations and Shape Model of Asteroid (16) Psyche.” In this paper, scientist...
06-22-2020
Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion
...Psyche engineers adapted to COVID-19 social distancing and masking requirements while testing the Hall thrusters that will propel NASA’s Psyche...
07-14-2020
Psyche Low Poly Animation
...the work: For this project, I made a short animation depicting the Psyche spacecraft orbiting the potentially metallic asteroid (16) Psyche as part...
11-25-2020
Psyche on Vinyl
...of the Psyche asteroid. In my concept artwork for an album inspired by Psyche’s unique qualities, the silhouette of the spacecraft acts as a window...
12-07-2020
Textures of Psyche
...by the rugged landscape of what the Psyche asteroid could look like. This piece was made with sand, cement paste, and earthy elements that flow seamlessly...
12-17-2020
Psyche Spacecraft & 16 Psyche Assembling Manual
...about the Psyche spacecraft and the (16) Psyche asteroid, I mimicked the IKEA furniture manuals to showcase the mechanical components of the spacecraft,...
01-20-2021
Orbiting Dreams
...me to create this. I tried to use as much metal as possible, using wires to represent the metallic elements of the Psyche asteroid. The spacecraft and...
01-29-2021
Psyche Light
...the asteroid Psyche. The texture is double-layered: both the outer and inner surfaces were cast from heavily sculpted molds. The outside is finished...
02-03-2021
Countdown to Psyche
...until the Psyche launch (August 2022), along with information about the current mission phase with a link to learn more. A 3D model of the Psyche asteroid...
02-12-2021
Satellite Approaching Psyche
...is a multimedia painting of the Psyche spacecraft as it approaches the Psyche asteroid. The background is made up of many different colors of acrylic...
03-01-2021
Psyche’s Magnetic Fields
...3 pieces that portray varying simulated magnetic fields of the Psyche asteroid influenced by solar winds.These 3 pieces referenced actual simulated...
04-16-2021
Trail of Psyche
...ALYSSA THORNHILL June 9, 2021 Major: Graphic Information Technology Genre/Medium: Embroidery on organza fabric About the work: “Trail of Psyche”...
06-09-2021
Greetings from PSYCHE
...and it is accompanied by a digital illustration of the asteroid and the spacecraft on its orbital mission. The backside features the quote, “JOURNEY...
11-03-2021
Arriving at (16) Psyche
...scene, I utilized 3D geometry from Peter Rubin and Maxar Technologies as bases for the asteroid and orbiter respectively. I then spent time detailing...
11-22-2021
Collage of Psyche
...Mars and Jupiter — similar to the orbital position of the Psyche asteroid in real-life. We also see four circular rings that represent the different...
01-12-2022
PSYCHE for Atari 2600
...on the cartridge box depicts Psyche bursting out of the frame, followed by an angular shot of the spacecraft on its orbital mission to study the asteroid....
01-19-2022
Psyche Spacecraft Artist Book
...and star trackers, as well as the (16) Psyche asteroid and Psyche mission badge. The asteroid depiction is simple and lacking in color to represent...
01-31-2022
Arrival
...and to finding their soul. The figure arrives on the surface of the asteroid and gazes at the metal world, full of shining mountains, unusual rock formations,...
02-07-2022
Psyche Metal Pins
...I have handcrafted two brooches inspired by the asteroid and the spacecraft of the Psyche mission. The Asteroid brooch features the two prominent craters...
03-02-2022
A Magnetic World
...well, both artistically and mathematically. For this piece I created an animation of magnetic field lines flowing around Psyche, using Peter Rubin’s...
03-09-2022
Psyche, Simplified
...I’ve done, and return to the fundamental aspects of the asteroid. For this project I digitally illustrated Psyche-16 from different angles and perspectives...
04-08-2022
Soul of Psyche
...Alyssa Armstrong November 8th, 2022 Major: Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Studio Art) Genre/Medium: Digital Painting About the work: In “Soul of Psyche”,...
11-08-2022
Multifaceted
...colorful depictions of the Psyche asteroid and spacecraft based off renderings done by Peter Rubin. The poster designs are stacked layers of single-color...
12-05-2022
The Magician and The World
...sending people to the Psyche asteroid. The astronaut was added to represent the talented people that are working incredibly hard to make this mission...
12-14-2022
Sippin’ on Psyche
...Emily Stabilito January 23rd, 2023 Major: Business (Sustainability) Genre/Medium: Acrylic paint on ceramic mug About the work: This is a ceramic mug...
01-23-2023
NASA’s Psyche: Picking up Launch Prep for 2023
...a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, that lies in the main asteroid belt. The silver-colored cylinder shown in the photo is the sunshade for DSOC,...
01-24-2023
A Familiar Sight
...Psyche mission. It shows that through years of hard work, humanity will finally have that leap forward and be able to record data once the Psyche spacecraft...
01-30-2023
The Metal World Vintage Poster
...and tried to create one for the Psyche asteroid. I also decided to add a small animation that shows the asteroid partially rotating to show off a few...
02-07-2023
Impact & Re-Accretion
...two leading theories for the formation of the Psyche asteroid. The first painting depicts the high-speed, energetic collision between the differentiated...
02-20-2023
Psyche Diamond Painting
...Alexa Hugenberg March 24th, 2023 Major: Creative Technology & Design Genre/Medium: Diamond Painting About the work: This diamond painting showcases...
03-24-2023
Creation of 16 Psyche
...the mythology of Psyche, and depict her in a dramatic yet delicate scene being illuminated by the 16 Psyche asteroid behind her. She is also being surrounded...
04-03-2023
PSY-FI: Beats to Relax/Study/Explore Space to
...the Discovery clip “Nice to be in orbit” represents our hopes for a successful mission that will put Psyche in orbit around the asteroid...
04-13-2023
Wire We Going to Psyche
...the asteroid using different gauges of metal wire. Once the shell was completed, it was filled with different types of river rocks to complement the...
04-28-2023
The Bones of Psyche
...it as we are, which is why the asteroid is portrayed as the human skull with the satellite flying in to observe it. I wanted this to be tactile, a...
05-10-2023
Psyche Elements
...base for each canvas as a reference to the asteroid, but I also wanted to incorporate as many colors as I could to illustrate Psyche’s intricacies....
05-15-2023
Psyche’s Hold
...by the Psyche asteroid. The digital art animation features the Psyche goddess holding the floating asteroid inside a Greek building. All the skills...
05-19-2023
NASA’s Psyche Gets Its Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed
...in Florida. Psyche is preparing for a 2.5 billion-mile (4 billion-kilometer) solar-powered trip to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. In a clean...
08-03-2023
Psyche Flight Systems Engineer Christina Hernandez – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Christina Hernandez, a flight systems engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named...
08-22-2023
Psyche Power Electronics Engineer Meena Sreekantamurthy – Behind the Spacecraft
...Meet Meena Sreekantamurthy, a power electronics engineer on NASA’s Psyche mission, which will be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also...
08-30-2023
#MissionToPsyche: The Science Behind the Psyche Spacecraft (News Briefing)
...The Psyche spacecraft will journey 2.2 billion miles to an asteroid that scientists hypothesize is made of substantial amounts of metal. It may contain...
10-12-2023
Navigating Psyche’s Orbital Pathways
...metal make-up of the Psyche asteroid. A detailed spacecraft and a representation of the Psyche asteroid highlights the mission’s purpose and wonders...
10-25-2023
The Scent of Psyche
...Psyche was designed to bring some colors and relaxation into our everyday lives. The candle is the representation of the Mission, the spacecraft, and...
11-06-2023
The Scent of Psyche
...Psyche was designed to bring some colors and relaxation into our everyday lives. The candle is the representation of the Mission, the spacecraft, and...
11-06-2023
Psyche
...Simon Angel Pitts November 27th, 2023 Major: Illustration Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: I was deeply inspired by the idea of the...
11-27-2023
Core Value
...the mission and the metal-rich 16 Psyche asteroid, I was incredibly drawn to the anticipated, but not yet confirmed, chemical makeup of its core. My...
11-29-2023
Soul of Space
...markers. It depicts Psyche as a combination of the spacecraft, the asteroid, and the Greek goddess. Her wings are based on the spacecraft’s solar...
12-01-2023
Forging Forward
...and Eros mythological characters in a moment within her story over the current mission of the Psyche satellite sent to orbit the 16-Psyche asteroid,...
12-06-2023
Heart-felt Symphony
...were: The Psyche Asteroid, the Psyche Spacecraft, the Falcon Heavy Rocket carrying the spacecraft, and the DSN (Deep Space Network) Antenna. I represented...
03-29-2024
Polaroid Portraits: Psyche’s Cosmic Captures
...in front of the asteroid. The camera is set to focus primarily on the Goddess, resulting in intentionally softened details of the asteroid for a subtly...
04-17-2024
Psyche in Orbit
...Ceramic Fine Arts I am especially interested in the underlying composition of things. Given that Psyche (the asteroid) is believed to be primarily iron...
12-02-2017
Mixed Metallic
...current artist rendering of the asteroid and my fellow Psyche interns’ recent artworks. It seemed fitting to me to create an abstract piece that allowed...
12-02-2017
Hypercolor Psyche
...movie posters and artwork. It depicts the portion of the mission in which the Psyche spacecraft will enter into orbit around the Psyche asteroid, gathering...
01-14-2018
Coming in 2022: Psyche Mission
...the curiosity of the mission. I created flames depicting a question mark with the Psyche asteroid as the period of the question mark to show the mystery...
01-14-2018
Psyche the Goddess
...the goddess Psyche holding the metal asteroid named after her. The Psyche spacecraft is also hidden in the design. The color scheme is taken from the...
01-17-2018
Psyche Out of the Dark
...speak, about the nature of Psyche the asteroid. The high contrast brings out the excitement building towards the spacecraft’s eventual arrival....
01-23-2018
Psyche Paper Quilling
...more movement, since Psyche will be orbiting! I also included Psyche the asteroid in between the “Y” and “C” as a focal point....
01-29-2018
Mylar Psyche
...Chris Vasquez Date: February 8, 2018 Major: drawing Genre/Medium: Mylar and drawing About the work: I created a custom Psyche asteroid Mylar balloon...
02-08-2018
Journey
...probe’s journey to its namesake, the asteroid Psyche. My inspiration came from the balance between the solemn yet dignified solitude the probe will...
02-22-2018
Psyche Poems
...of the asteroid. My favorite poem I wrote that day was: Staring up high, guided by an azimuth, I spy a star hidden in a labyrinth. Learn about Psyche...
03-06-2018
Psyche Cross Stitch
...the Psyche asteroid. I chose to exaggerate the image by using a lot of color to help it pop off the black background (and because there are only so...
03-19-2018
Psyche Limericks
...alternate in perspective of the asteroid and spacecraft as they chat with each other. Since limericks are short, quirky, and silly in nature, I tried...
05-14-2018
Psyche’s Silhouette
...asteroid, which is outlined in black beading. This represents the unknowns of Psyche and its potential, the wonder and hope surrounding the mission,...
11-19-2018
Photosynthesis
...began with research about the asteroid’s scientific history and about a dozen scientific articles from the second half of the 20th century describing...
11-28-2018
Journey to the Beginning of Psyche
...mimicking the actions I performed when painting. We begin zoomed outside of our galaxy, and rush through the solar system, past Mars, and into the asteroid...
12-03-2018
Psyche: The Game
...the Psyche mission. Starting at Earth, players pass Earth’s Moon and Mars before arriving at Psyche the asteroid. I wanted to add a lot of actionable...
12-06-2018
Psyche Origins
...became the way it is today. The light projected onto Psyche spins around the room, acting as a beacon to tempt us to explore the asteroid. View the...
12-07-2018
Breaking Barriers
...a photo in front of this painting, it looks as though you are the center of the spacecraft. Since we are traveling to a metal asteroid that could provide...
02-06-2019
Goddess Psyche
...Psyche, after whom the asteroid being investigated was named. Alluding to the Greek mythology aspect of the mission, I included a gold leaf headband...
02-18-2019
Journey To Psyche – A 3D Experience
...sort of story on the way to the asteroid that uses sound bites from previous NASA missions, showing how far we’ve come leading up to the Psyche...
02-20-2019
Haiku For 16 Asteroids
...Psyche being the last. Each haiku draws upon the history of each asteroid and emphasizes the inherent connection of scientific discoveries with our...
02-25-2019
Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton
...on a watercolor interpretation of the Psyche asteroid. I wanted to make this piece as a tribute to Dr. Lindy as thanks for bringing humanity to the...
02-27-2019
Humanity’s Psyche
...great things together. The rainbows of thoughts flow from people’s minds and join together at the Psyche spacecraft. The arc above the spacecraft...
03-04-2019
Parts and Pieces
...Olivia Ferrel Date: April 5, 2019 Major: public service & public policy Genre/Medium: wood and woodburning About the work: These three woodburnings...
04-05-2019
Spirit
...2019 Major: forensic psychology Genre/Medium: digital painting About the work: This piece depicts the Greek goddess Psyche, after whom (16) Psyche was...
04-29-2019
Psyche Stacking Dolls
...better way to show that than through stacking dolls! The first layer is my imagining of what the planet exterior could have been, the second layer is...
05-01-2019
The Psyche Shoe
...the asteroid and the logo for Psyche Inspired on one shoe and on the other the spacecraft. I tried to keep the shoe vibrant and using only greys, pink,...
05-15-2019
What Could Have Been
...planet, is the manifestation of what could have been. Perhaps what is now an asteroid could have developed into an Earth-like body. Instead it is devoid...
10-30-2019
Falling
...from Earth and down toward an equally minuscule target: 16-Psyche. The asteroid floats above and between Jupiter and Mars, indicating its actual position....
11-08-2019
Solidarity with Psyche
...to catch Mars’s gravity in such a way that it is whipped around in the exact orientation that it needs to be to reach the Psyche asteroid and...
11-23-2019
Psyche’s Jewel
...This inspired me to reach for a myth nearly as old as my own art form. For my first piece, I was inspired by the asteroid Psyche — the eponymous...
11-29-2019
Trajectory: Ready, Set, Go.
...this project, Julia wanted to highlight the asteroid itself and show the Psyche orbiter dancing with the space object itself. Black, purple and pink...
01-15-2020
Fragmentation
...Christine Zhou January 22, 2020 Major: Mechanical Engineering and Visual Art Genre/Medium: laser cut masonite About the work: Psyche is an asteroid...
01-22-2020
NASA Psyche Online Courses
...While the spacecraft and instruments of the NASA Psyche Mission are being designed and built in preparation for launch to the Psyche asteroid in 2022,...
01-25-2020
Psyche Mission: Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy
...metallic asteroid and what it may be able to tell us about the formation of the solar system and our own planet. It’s the journey of a lifetime, and...
01-26-2020
Psyche Comic Page
...I wanted the comic to focus on those elements. I wanted to generate the same feeling of awe I felt when hearing Psyche’s story of being an asteroid...
01-31-2020
A Magical Expedition
...depiction of the Psyche asteroid and her orbiter with Mars and Jupiter framing them on either end. This piece is designed to help viewers understand...
02-05-2020
Voyage
...the mission and the journey the orbiter will take to collect information from the Psyche asteroid. This piece is a 30”x30”x6” wood housing and...
02-18-2020
Psyche Taking a Dip
...science, escaping the nebulous mystery of the unknown. The insights we stand to gain from investigating the asteroid can illuminate us as to the origins...
03-03-2020
World of Metal
...Christine Zhou March 11, 2020 Major: Mechanical Engineering and Visual Art Genre/Medium: digital, Adobe Photoshop About the work: (16) Psyche is a unique...
03-11-2020
Collision
...twinkling of stars. After a brief pause follows a melancholy soundscape and low melody as a theme for our asteroid 16-Psyche. Following this is a rising...
03-30-2020
Psyche Necklace
...has always a favorite of mine, so I began by creating an abstract rendition of the Psyche spacecraft and asteroid. I then decided on the colors and...
04-17-2020
Hello, Psyche
...mission. The image depicts the possible final moments of the Psyche mission in a symbolic gesture of gratitude and familiarity from the spacecraft and...
04-24-2020
Psyche Sweater
...Team! The number 16 was chosen as Psyche was the 16th asteroid to be discovered. The front has an image of the spacecraft sending out radio waves. On...
05-01-2020
Psyche 16 Facts
...Silvia Valladares May 5, 2020 Major: Kinetic Imaging Genre/Medium: digital animation About the work: This animation features a few animated facts about...
05-05-2020
Empathy
...of many of its surface layers. Due to the tragedies the Psyches have experienced, I chose to depict Psyche the goddess caressing the asteroid, comforting...
05-08-2020
Pillars
...finn witt June 26, 2020 Major: Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: digital painting About the work: (16) Psyche orbits around the Sun...
06-26-2020
Whimsical Journey
...able to see many new things on its way to the asteroid. Each new sight and discovery has been brought to life with a fun twist in this 2-D animation....
07-03-2020
Psyche’s Spectrometer
...Sam Fix work on the Gamma-Ray/Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) instrument that will launch aboard the Psyche spacecraft in 2022 to detect, measure and map...
07-14-2020
Psyche Comic
...when we examine Psyche, we can not only learn more about our Earth, but learn more about ourselves: our motivations for exploring the asteroid and the...
08-21-2020
Cookie Psyche Excitement
...With that, I created a set of decorated cookies to look like the mission badge and the Psyche asteroid. I designed and 3D printed custom cookie cutters,...
11-05-2020
Psyche: Journey to a Metal World
...about the Psyche mission. I created abstract 3D representations of the asteroid Psyche and pieces of Earth to generate excitement around the idea of...
11-16-2020
The Formation of Psyche
...Psyche was the 16th asteroid discovered, the stamps are worth 16 cents, and the numbers on the bar code illustrate the start and end dates of this flight...
11-17-2020
Essence of Psyche
...be found on the Psyche asteroid. There is a possibility that Psyche may consist largely of metal from the core of a protoplanet, and with that, I was...
12-01-2020
TwentyTwentyTwo
...Sarai Rankin December 3, 2020 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: digital painting About the work: TwentyTwentyTwo is a digital painting of the Psyche spacecraft...
12-03-2020
Constructed
...of how we build our current interpretation of the asteroid. We understand and form our visual interpretations of Psyche through collected data. I utilized...
12-09-2020
Flyover of Psyche
...of Psyche is an abstract, detailed view of what I imagine the surface of Psyche to look like. As an asteroid likely largely made of metal, I wanted...
01-11-2021
Psyche Logo Mosaic
...paint. For the letters “Psyche”, pieces of wood were sprayed with copper and nickel metallic spray paint to make the letters look like they...
01-13-2021
Surfaces
...surface that still inspires a sense of the asteroid’s tangibility. Seven layers of glass are held within an oak frame. Ink lines on each layer...
02-05-2021
Collision
...Anne Elliott March 12, 2021 Major: New Media Design Genre/Medium: digital art crated in Procreate About the work: The Psyche asteroid is hypothesized...
03-12-2021
Space Girl / Looks of Psyche
...which inspired the grey look with gold leaf. Using the Psyche mission’s color palette, the other look is meant to represent the Greek goddess...
03-24-2021
Psyche Spacecraft Chassis Arrival at JPL
...A spacecraft’s journey doesn’t begin on the launchpad. Our Psyche spacecraft will explore an asteroid, but first we have to finish building it....
03-29-2021
Psyche Mission Spacecraft: 3D Printable Model
...3D print yourself a model of the spacecraft destined to meet the asteroid Psyche! The Psyche spacecraft including the solar panels is about the size...
04-02-2021
Around Psyche
...the asteroid with a gravity assist from Mars. The second piece was inspired by Dr. Rona Oran’s presentation on what the electromagnetic field might...
04-19-2021
The Butterfly & Star
...Psyche asteroid. The symbol is a semicircle with a star on top. The semicircle is a representation of a butterfly’s wing – a reference to the...
04-21-2021
Orbiting Impact
...about Psyche are housed. This spacecraft will follow four orbits, and the hopeful result will be a much clearer understanding and image of the asteroid....
04-23-2021
Metallic Warrior
...the metallic surface of the asteroid, along with the numerous gold accents in the piece. The entire dress was made and patterned from scratch, and although...
05-05-2021
Taste of Space
...onward. Thus, I was inspired to make a Psyche treat that can be enjoyed at every coffee break and milestone: meringues. I modeled the meringues after...
05-06-2021
Psyche-Tee
...people ask me where it was from, so I could get to tell them all about the Psyche mission! The front design is the asteroid with the satellite’s panels...
05-12-2021
Psyche Rice Throw Art
...food coloring, and a lot of patience. It took many hours and 3 tries to make the rice actually look like the Psyche asteroid when it was thrown in the...
06-03-2021
Psyche Neutron Spectrometer
The Psyche neutron spectrometer uses three cylinders filled with a gas of helium-3, an isotope of helium that will rapidly grab free neutrons emitted by...
09-02-2021
Psyche Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
The Psyche gamma-ray spectrometer uses a high-purified germanium crystal to capture gamma rays emitted by asteroid Psyche. These gamma rays can reveal...
09-02-2021
Preparing Psyche’s Thruster Installation
...set to launch in August 2022 and will travel to its target, a metal-rich asteroid also named Psyche, under the power of solar electric propulsion. This...
09-20-2021
Psyche’s Thruster Integration Underway
...visible on the side of the spacecraft beneath a red protective cover. Psyche is set to launch in August 2022 and will travel to its target, a metal-rich...
09-20-2021
Psyche Thrusters: Integration Complete
...in August 2022, the spacecraft will use four Hall thrusters to propel itself to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, using solar electric propulsion. Two...
09-20-2021
Innovation
...Phoebe Murphy November 5, 2021 Major: Communication Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: Psyche is the Greek goddess of the soul. Her...
11-05-2021
SPACEROCK: Music From a Metal World
...will detect the asteroid’s magnetic field with a magnetometer, SPACEROCK uses a small Arduino-compatible magnetometer to detect the magnetic field...
11-12-2021
Journey To A Metal World: Typographic Exploration
...a white, silvery color on the letters to help them pop on the poster, be the main focus, and also represent Psyche’s metallic composition. The...
11-15-2021
Curiosity
...find one’s soul. The figure is colorless and blank because they have not found their soul yet. The Psyche asteroid represents their soul, and...
11-29-2021
Faces of Psyche
...was to bring some of these physical features to life through a series of portraits personifying the asteroid. Its characteristics could first be separated...
12-03-2021
Ticket to Psyche
...Station in Florida, and its destination: the Psyche asteroid. The spacecraft housing the instruments, seen on the leftmost side of the ticket, will...
12-06-2021
Psyche Stoneware
...form of the real-life structure and the smaller spacecraft is a simplified version meant for smaller potted plants. Though the texture, contents, and...
12-08-2021
Piece of Psyche
...model of the Psyche asteroid (created by artist Peter Rubin working with Psyche Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton) that would be suitable for...
01-20-2022
Soul
...of the Psyche mission, Soul takes us back to the heart of the mission: the asteroid itself. Therefore, I wanted to create a more mellow and introspective...
02-02-2022
The Butterfly Effect
...the name “Psyche” , which refers to the asteroid, the mission, the spacecraft, and the goddess simultaneously. The project is also inspired...
02-21-2022
The Spacecraft’s Journey to a Metal World
...a Mars gravity assist and the final approach to the asteroid. The gravity assist, although simplified, was actually modelled after the Mars Express’s...
03-23-2022
Trial
...Emily Ku March 28, 2022 Major: Aerospace Engineering Genre/Medium: Pencil/Digital About the work:This is part 3 of the figure’s journey to find...
03-28-2022
Psyche Wallpapers
...chris kim April 8, 2022 Major: Animation Genre/Medium: Digital About the work: I wanted to create desktop backgrounds showcasing the Psyche spacecraft...
04-18-2022
Psyche Engraved
...In this set of three, you see Psyche: the asteroid, the goddess, and the mission. Each of these pieces were hand cut, sanded, laser engraved, and sealed...
04-25-2022
Psyche Building Blocks
...puzzle pieces to form a picture of the spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, with the phrase “Journey to a metal world” floating inside the image. These...
04-28-2022
Where Art Meets Science
...one of Psyche, The Goddess, in the style of Pablo Picasso and one of Psyche, The Asteroid, in the style of Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. View...
06-21-2022
Psyche Puzzle
...feeling of the unknown. Two-ply acrylic was used to highlight the assumption that the Psyche asteroid is likely rich in metal. Both the puzzle and the...
11-10-2022
Lindy Elkins-Tanton: Psyche
...be placed as a halo would in this style of painting. The placement of the asteroid is referenced to this and the literal meaning of “psyche”....
11-16-2022
Psyche in Stages
...asteroid itself. I really wanted to portray the colorful, expressive, technical, exciting, useful, and hopeful nature of the mission through these four...
11-21-2022
The Life Core of Psyche
...represent how life can metaphorically grow from the craters of an asteroid. Painted stones have been added around the base of the flowers to create...
11-23-2022
A Glimpse of the Metal World
...first learning about the Psyche mission, and the imagination that sparked because of it. I wanted to create an illustration of how Psyche might appear...
11-28-2022
The Origin of Spaces
...Their significance in folklore is reflected perfectly in the Psyche asteroid’s significance to space exploration, as NASA’s expedition may...
12-21-2022
Psyche Illuminated
...‘Vessel’, ‘Trajectory’ and ‘Collision’. Together these showcase three components of the Psyche mission; the spacecraft,...
01-09-2023
Psyche Now Open!
...my hometown Houston,TX. I really loved how vibrant and inviting they are to people passing by. “Psyche Now Open” means that learning about...
01-11-2023
Doctor with a Mission
...homage to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring”, this piece shows Dr. Lindy with a pearlescent Psyche-16 asteroid, and celebrates...
01-25-2023
Art of the Craft
...the Psyche craft being constructed, overlayed with my interpretation of the asteroid in the background. I chose to include the color scheme from the...
03-01-2023
Persevere Through Adversity
...Alyssa Armstrong March 3rd, 2023 Major: Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Studio Art) Genre/Medium: Laser Cutting and Digital Art About the work: The myth...
03-03-2023
Heart and Soul
...the human soul itself. Since the Psyche asteroid is believed to be part of the metal core of an ancient planetesimal, I wanted to depict Psyche receiving...
03-27-2023
Lazy Psyche
...and ready for use. The table base was also built and finished by hand with a dark wood stain to compliment the gray of the asteroid. View Full Project...
03-31-2023
Psyche Agamograph
...the viewer can see an image of the Psyche asteroid and from another the viewer can see an image of the Psyche spacecraft. Both images were made by laser...
04-24-2023
The Bones of Psyche
...it as we are, which is why the asteroid is portrayed as the human skull with the satellite flying in to observe it. I wanted this to be tactile, a...
05-17-2023
Daughter of the Air
...in conjunction with that of Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid, as well as the significance that the structure of the Psyche asteroid has...
07-05-2023
The Heart of it all
...implications that the Psyche asteroid can have for the formation of our solar system, and particularly the formation of our own planet’s core....
07-12-2023
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF)
...billion kilometers) to an asteroid of the same name, which is orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists believe Psyche could be part of...
09-25-2023
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Mate to Payload Attach Fitting (PAF)
...billion kilometers) to an asteroid of the same name, which is orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists believe Psyche could be part of...
09-25-2023
Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications
...six-year journey to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. During its demonstration period, DSOC will not be transmitting Psyche data, but rather...
09-28-2023
Psyche: A Heavy Metal Tribute to #MissionToPsyche
...Psyche Inspired undergraduate interns (https://psyche.asu.edu/galleries/artwork/). From the Artist When I heard about a NASA mission to a heavy metal...
09-29-2023
Psyche Encapsulation
...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the...
10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation
...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the...
10-11-2023
Psyche Encapsulation
...Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Next, the spacecraft will move to SpaceX facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the...
10-11-2023
Componere
...between the various textures that make up the Psyche mission. From the solar panels of the Psyche spacecraft to the unique craters of the Psyche asteroid,...
10-30-2023
Gazing Upwards
...Blue Rutile and Ancient Jasper. The model of the Psyche asteroid is coated in Ancient Jasper and topped with a gold luster to give it a metallic shine....
11-03-2023
Psyche Magnets
...Curiosity the Mars rover waving hello as Psyche “swings by.” In the third magnet, the spacecraft arrives at and begins its “dance” around...
11-16-2023
Psyche Launch Newspaper
...the launch of the Psyche spacecraft. It offers other information on the recent launch, the Psyche asteroid, and links to learn more about different...
12-08-2023
Orbits of Psyche
...that the Psyche spacecraft will be taking around the asteroid once it arrives in 2029. The animation is inspired by vintage astronomy and astrology...
12-13-2023
Sense of Wonder
...and blues, white stars, and geometric patterns, with each wing having a smaller drawing including Psyche the goddess, the spacecraft, the asteroid,...
12-20-2023
Odyssey
...Heavy rocket and the right panel visualizes the spacecraft finally arriving at its destination, the Psyche asteroid. In the spirit of the discovery...
01-03-2024
Psyche Emerged
...the soul and the namesake of the asteroid Psyche. Psyche was a well-known figure in Greek and Roman mythology, and she was born as a beautiful mortal...
01-10-2024
Polarity of Psyche
...name. Psyche is the name of the Greek goddess of the soul, but it is also the name of an incredible space mission exploring an asteroid light years...
01-12-2024
Psyche’s Treasured Keepsakes
...used pearl beads for an elegant look without overshadowing the trinket dish. In the center of the bracelet is a pendant that is inspired by the asteroid...
02-21-2024
Genesis of Psyche
...Psyche in space as a superhero and represents the completion and launch of Psyche. The third panel shows her arriving at Psyche the asteroid and represents...
02-26-2024
Sample Return From Hypothesized Surfaces Visualization
...Design (MSD) team at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) who are developing a prototype for a future mission to Psyche that will store samples...
04-02-2024
The Arrival
...Major: Illustration Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: Inspired by space movie posters, “The Arrival” pictures the eventual...
04-04-2024
Uncovering Psyche
...discoverer of Psyche, as he first gazed upon the celestial object. Around the asteroid, there are vibrant colors and illustrated depictions of stars...
04-09-2024
Hooked on Psyche
...dotting the water and sky, Psyche the Asteroid in the sky, a thin flower border on the dock, Psyche’s hair consisting of solar arrays, and Earth having...
04-12-2024
A Feminist View of Psyche
...of the goddess Psyche under the dome of the Psyche asteroid, surrounded by some of the many inspirational women of NASA. The four women featured are...
04-12-2024
Launch
...Simon angel Pitts Major: Illustration Genre/Medium: Digital Painting About the work: Launch illustrates the spacecraft taking off with the asteroid...
04-15-2024
Blueprint of Psyche
...the cyanotype process and then combined in a collage using a needle and thread. To represent the mission, I included images of the asteroid and the...
04-15-2024
Pyschebot, Roll Out!
...with my final PsycheBot! After getting her printed and painted, I photographed her exploring the strange world of Earth before the journey to the asteroid...
04-15-2024
3D Psyche
...the discoverer of Psyche, as he first gazed upon the celestial object. Around the asteroid, there are vibrant colors and illustrated depictions of stars...
04-17-2024