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Psyche Inspired
Agape
Cameron Sacra
March 20th, 2025
Major: Computer Science & BA Studio Arts
Genre/Medium: Linocut
About the work:
“Agape” was directly inspired by the Psyche spacecraft’s projected 2029 arrival at 16 psyche and the illustrations of Alphonse Mucha. Both the spacecraft and the asteroid have been alone in space for a long, long time – Psyche will be the first celestial object that the spacecraft will encounter since its 2023 launch from Earth. I envisioned their first encounter as an intense one, full of happiness and relief. After being alone for so long, these two wayward entities have finally found one another, and Psyche cries in relief – neither spacecraft nor asteroid will be alone ever again.
Psyche Inspired Overview
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. These works are posted in the gallery above and highlighted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. View the full resolution images in the image gallery. This year’s Psyche Inspired cohort is known as the Iridium Class.
Psyche Inspired was piloted at ASU during the 2017-2018 academic year. The following academic year, Psyche Inspired expanded nationally! The works from each Psyche Inspired cohort are collected in individual downloadable books that tell the story of Psyche through musical scores, sculptures, painting, 3-D models, photography, acrylic art, needlepoint, stop-motion films, mixed media, and more.
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