M-Type Asteroid Sampling Simulator – Psyche Mission Simulator

INSTITUTION

Brigham Young University – Idaho (BYU – Idaho)

CLASS

Iridium Class (Spring 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

William Clements

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Simulating the different stages of the Psyche mission from launch to arrival at the 16-Psyche asteroid.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “CSE 397 & 499”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.asu.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.