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Projected across a panoramic wall, visitors see an interactive environment recreating Psyche’s landscape and an orbiting spacecraft. The exhibit combines many theories of what Psyche looks like. The asteroid is shown to have a gravel-like regolith covering solid rocky ground. Craters from past collisions form deep valleys, revealing patches of raw metal buried just beneath the rocky surface.
Standing On Psyche Tommy Desjardins January 12th, 2026 Major: 3D Digital Dsign Genre/Medium: 3D digital art displayed on a physical projector wall. About the work: Standing... 01-12-2026
This image includes a grayscale mixed-media portrait of the goddess Psyche, depicted as a stone bust shown from the waist up. She is shown cradling the Psyche asteroid in both hands at chest level, wearing a one-shoulder asymmetrical draped top and a pearl necklace, with a small butterfly in her hair. She faces more towards the front at a slight three-quarter view against a solid black background.
Psyche Holding Her Core Brianna Blanchard january 9th, 2026 Major: Environmental Public Health Genre/Medium: Graphite pencil, white conté pencil, charcoal, and acrylic paint... 01-09-2026
“Mission: Psyche Character Designs” shows 3 crew members for a Psyche-inspired video game. One being the Pilot, holding her helmet. She has black hair and a necklace of the Psyche logo. Another character is the Systems Engineer. A man with black hair, writing in a book. He has a satchel with the logo. The last character is the Flight Surgeon. A broad man with blonde hair, briefcase in hand.
Mission Psyche: Character Designs Samantha Manley January 7th, 2026 Major: Illustration Genre/Medium: Digital About the work:  Just as ancient cartographers filled the uncharted edges... 01-07-2026
A spacecraft drifts away from Earth into deep space. Earth appears small in the distance with a faint Moon beside it. The Psyche probe sits in the lower right of the canvas, heading outward into darkness. Stars scatter the background, emphasizing the quiet, lonely moment of separation.
Farewell abhigyaan Deep January 5th, 2026 Major: Aerospace Engineering & Cyber-Physical Systems Genre/Medium: Acrylic Painting About the Work:  Farewell, little... 01-05-2026
A slow, meditative animation of drifting through dark space toward a metallic asteroid. The surface begins cold and gray, then soft light glows from within. The viewer descends into a warm molten core filled with swirling movements and shimmering textures of the bright lighting growing closer in the center of the screen. Creating a quiet feeling of wonder and emotional discovery.
Heart of the Planet Remy Cantrelle December 19th, 2025 Major: Digital Art Genre/Medium: Video About the work: Heart of a Planet is a one-minute digital animation that was... 12-19-2025
This artwork shows asteroid Psyche, built from stained glass. Shades of grey and white form its metallic surface, glowing slightly like metal catching light. Small uneven black shapes are scattered across it to represent impact craters. The piece is bordered by dark glass, suggesting deep space. Lines between glass segments show solder seams, reflecting a handcrafted, structured world.
Metal in the Dark Lachan Morlan December 17th, 2025 Major: Physics (Astronomy) Genre/Medium: Stained Glass About the work: Metal in the Dark is inspired by NASA’s mission... 12-17-2025
“The Pieces of Psyche" shows the Psyche craft in dark space, surrounded by its key instruments and stars. It has a large box-shaped core, two purple solar panels. On a larger scale, there is a dark grey magnetometer cylinder with a light grey ball, a dark hollow imager tube on a black base, and a grey barrel-shapped gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer connected to a metal box with wires.
The Pieces of Psyche Isabella Garcia December 15th, 2025 Major:Art and Design Genre/Medium: Digital Painting, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop About the work: This work, “The Pieces... 12-15-2025
A vector poster with flat shapes and grain texture shows NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flying over Mars’s Valles Marineris. Tall canyon walls in reds, oranges, and yellows fill the scene with blocky shadows. Above is a starry blue sky. White text reads “Onward to Psyche” at the top and “Valles Marineris” at the bottom, with “Mars Flyby 2026,” “NASA Psyche Mission,” and the Psyche Inspired logo below.
Onward To Psyche Addison Mayhew December 12th, 2025 Major: New Media Design Genre/Medium: Vector Drawing in Figma About the work: Inspired by the iconic WPA National Parks... 12-12-2025
Girl reading a book and holding out hand to Psyche spacecraft while it flies past her. boy in background drawing on tablet.
Inspiration Anne Wang December 10th, 2025 Major: Economics & Art Theory and Practice Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: Inspiration isn’t just... 12-10-2025
The form of the asteroid and the spacecraft of “psyche” are combined into one hybrid unit. It is drawn in ink atop a colored watercolor background based on the map of the optical albedo of the asteroid which is a measurement of the reflection of sunlight.
Reflection Julia Stephens December 8th, 2025 Major: Studio Art and Creative Writing Genre/Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper About the work: Reflection is a piece... 12-08-2025
“The Object” is a landscape style acrylic painting of the Psyche asteroid in blue and orange on a black background. On top of the asteroid are embroidered beads in reds and browns. A Roman numeral “I” numbers the work in the top left corner. In the bottom right reads “The Object” in all caps in an orange, slanted font layered over “the object” in a smaller font in red.
The Object Emerson Pappas December 3rd, 2025 Major: Chemistry and Studio Art Genre/Medium: Mixed media acrylic paint on canvas and acrylic beads About the work: “The... 12-03-2025
These photos display a set of bowls and cups with a dark brown glaze. The bowls are textured like craters with grooves running from the center outward and small divets as well as rocky-looking pieces, interrupting the lines. The cups are smooth except for two small craters opposing each other on the outside of each cup, intended to be used as dimples to help users hold the cups.
Carrier Craters Martha Quirie December 1st, 2025 Major: Art Practices and Psychology Genre/Medium: Stoneware Clay About the Work:  This body of work is called Carrier... 12-01-2025
From Concept to Cosmos: Phases of the Psyche Mission is a foldable booklet–poster that guides viewers through the mission’s six phases. The booklet features pages with distressed graphics of the asteroid and spacecraft. It unfolds into a poster to convey the asteroid’s material and a sense of space exploration.
From Concept to Cosmos: Phases of the Psyche Mission Riley Perry November 20th, 2025 Major: Communication Design and Environmental Biology Genre/Medium: Graphic Design/Science Communication About the work:... 11-20-2025
This poster comic shows the Falcon Heavy lifting off, with two panels around it depicting the preparation of Psyche. The panel in the center depicts a group of onlookers watching the launch, with the final panel being the Psyche spacecraft in space. Text accompanies the piece, reflecting on the feat of getting Psyche out there in the first place.
The Launch Ash Soriano July 2nd, 2025 Major: Media Arts & Sciences Genre/Medium: Digital (Procreate) About the work: “The Launch” is a short poster... 07-02-2025
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
A Trip Around the Asteroid Belt Carrie Geisler June 24th, 2025 Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Genre/Medium: Board Game/ Papercraft About the work: Take “A Trip Around the... 06-24-2025
Digital illustration of a woman with metallic silver skin hovering in outer space, shooting a golden bow and arrow. She is wearing an ancient Greek-style robe with iridescent shine. Two large solar panels are attached to her back resembling butterfly wings. Behind her is a colorful diagram of planetary orbits.
Take Aim Liz Phillips June 19th, 2025 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: digital illustration About the work: “Take Aim” is a digital illustration that puts a twist... 06-19-2025