Psyche Inspired: Britney Hill

Ticket to Psyche

Britney Hill

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Genre/Medium: Digital Editing: Photoshop

About the work: Let’s go to Psyche!

NASA isn’t the only one going on a journey to a metal world—now you’ve got your own ticket to visit (16) Psyche! On this travel ticket sticker, you’ll find the mission origin: Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and its destination: the Psyche asteroid. The spacecraft housing the instruments, seen on the leftmost side of the ticket, will depart NEXT SUMMER and arrive in early 2026. Under the mission logo on the left, you’ll find a QR code that takes you to psyche.asu.edu, so that you can learn more about the launch. Finally, on the right, you’ll find a bar code that takes you to nasa.gov/psyche to learn more about the NASA Discovery Program and how the mission came to life. Enjoy your trip to a metal world!

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Psyche Engraved

Britney Hill

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Genre/Medium: Wood, Laser Engraving

About the work: See the different symbols of Psyche while sipping your coffee or brewing your tea! 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 with a clear coat. Engraved designs were manipulated in Adobe Photoshop (logo piece features the official Psyche mission logo and was not changed for this project)

Where Art Meets Science

Britney Hill

June 21, 2022

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Genre/Medium: Mixed Media: Oil Paint, Digital Art (Photoshop)

About the work: Where Art Meets Science: My inspiration for joining Psyche Inspired. Art and science are often seen as opposite fields, however, they often take inspiration from each other. The engineering behind the Psyche Mission can be seen as its own art piece, while famous artists often pulled from science to showcase astronomy and anatomy. This poster features two paintings: 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.