Future Space Mission Design
INSTITUTION
Arizona State University – Tempe
CLASS
Nickel Class (2020 – 2021)
STUDENT TEAM
Eli Haddad, Electrical Engineering
Maurice Issa, Electrical Engineering
Preetinderpal Singh, Mechanical Engineering
Molly Stevens, Mechanical Engineering
ACADEMIC GUIDANCE
Prof. Bogdan Kozul, Assistant Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This capstone team will have to think like a mission team and propose a follow-on mission for NASA’s Psyche Mission! This follow-on mission will be built on the intended science results of the original Psyche Mission. The follow-on design is open-ended in terms of spacecraft and mission design and assumed a launch date in the 2030’s. The team will develop the spacecraft design and mission plan for a potential follow-on mission to the same (or similar) asteroid. Making assumptions about what will be found during the current Psyche mission, the proposed second mission should expand on the science (and do new science) on their return trip to the asteroid. Options could include operations ranging from orbiting the asteroid, landing on the asteroid, a sample return from the asteroid, etc., and this decision will be part of the trade studies that are conducted by the team.