Landing System for Hypothesized Surfaces – Woo Psyche Sooie

INSTITUTION

University of Arkansas (U Ark)

CLASS

Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

Hayden, Smith, Mechanical engineering
Hannah, McNeill, Mechanical engineering w/ aerospace concentration
Frida, Torres, Mechanical engineering w/ aerospace concentration
Nikhil, Pai, Mechanical engineering, Physics, Mathematics
Drake, Noonan, Mechanical engineering w/ aerospace concentration

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Mr. Jason Bailey (Uark)
Dr. David Jensen (Uark)
Dr. Cassie Bowman (ASU)
Dr. Xiaoyu Wang (Uark)
Dr. Jacob Monroe (Uark)
Dr. Luke Bury (NASA)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our project is a landing system that could be used to land on the asteroid Psyche. This uses telescoping legs that absorb the impact force by breaking through 3D printed discs that are spaced out all the way through. The impact also forces the pins through the bottom of the feet breaking the test tubes and starting the chemical reactions.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the University of Arkansas Capstone Course “MEEG 41802”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.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.