Hypothesized Surface: Landing System for Hypothesized Surfaces – ASU – A

“Hephaestus”

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus (ASU)

CLASS

Tungsten Class (2023 – 2024)

STUDENT TEAM

Raven Lynn, Mechanical Engineering Systems
Seth St. Clair, Mechanical Engineering Systems
Diego Rodriguez, Robotics
Uriah Villa, Robotics

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Zachary Barnes
Ravi Prakash

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Design a probe that can successfully land on various speculated surface environments of 16 Psyche.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “EGR 401”. 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.