This interactive artwork recreates NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, crafted from cardboard, wood, and hot glue. The base displays Psyche's vibrant brand colors—from dark purple to mustard—while the white spacecraft invites mission team members to leave their handprints, symbolizing the unity and dedication of those who brought the Psyche mission to life.
This interactive artwork recreates NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, crafted from cardboard, wood, and hot glue. The base displays Psyche's vibrant brand colors—from dark purple to mustard—while the white spacecraft invites mission team members to leave their handprints, symbolizing the unity and dedication of those who brought the Psyche mission to life.
This interactive artwork recreates NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, crafted from cardboard, wood, and hot glue. The base displays Psyche's vibrant brand colors—from dark purple to mustard—while the white spacecraft invites mission team members to leave their handprints, symbolizing the unity and dedication of those who brought the Psyche mission to life.

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Made with Love

Madelaine T. Vu

December 2nd, 2024

Major: Neuroscience and Psychology

Genre/Medium: Wood and Cardboard

About the work:

When I first visited the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, one of the biggest things that stood out to me (both literally and metaphorically) was the Saturn V rocket. Just being there and walking around the massive rocket was such a breath-taking experience, but the main thing that really stuck with me was knowing that hundreds of thousands of people put their whole lives and careers into building that engineering masterpiece. Every detail, every calculation, every nut and bolt precisely put together by each of those hundreds of thousands of individuals. It is absolutely incredible. That is what inspires this project, “Made with Love.”

Seeing photos of the Psyche spacecraft development, from its large size to seeing all the various teams that put so much hard work into different aspects of Psyche, I wanted to commemorate every individual that worked on the project. My piece, “Made with Love”, is made with cardboard, hot glue, and wood (+ love!). The spacecraft is painted white, so that individuals that worked on the project can print their hands onto it to showcase all the individuals that put their hard work and love into Psyche.

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Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works. This year’s Psyche Inspired cohort is known as the Iridium Class. These works are posted in the gallery and highlighted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. View the full resolution images in the image gallery. There are many ways to get involved with NASA’s Psyche mission. Learn how you can be a part of the Psyche mission through our “Get Involved” pages at https://psyche.asu.edu/get-involved/ and https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/ways-to-participate/. To learn more about the overall Psyche mission, visit nasa.gov/psyche or jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche.

Date Added: 12-02-2024
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Madelaine Vu - Psyche Inspired

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