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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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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:

From Concept to Cosmos: Phases of the Psyche Mission is a poster that folds into a small booklet. This graphic, narrative-driven piece guides viewers through the six phases of the Psyche mission (Phases A–F). The time-based act of flipping pages allows the audience to follow the mission’s progression from concept to completion. When unfolded, the booklet becomes a poster, inviting viewers to engage with the Psyche mission in a more expansive, visual, and playful way.

This transformation mirrors the mission itself: shifting from structured human planning to the vast and unpredictable realm of space. The booklet represents order, precision, and process, while the poster embodies curiosity, discovery, and wonder, the central contrast of engineering projects. This intersection unites process and wonder in a single piece. Designed for a broad audience, the pacing and hierarchy guide viewers through each phase clearly, making complex processes approachable and emphasizing both scientific rigor and excitement. The physical unfolding reinforces this conceptual shift, beginning with focused preparation on Earth and opening into the distant world of Psyche.

The poster features the Psyche asteroid centered with orbit paths circling it. Using the Psyche color palette and a rough, metallic-like texture, the design captures both the material and emotional atmosphere of the mission, balancing precision with a sense of distance, age, and discovery. This visual language carries into the booklet, where tone, texture, and typography support the mission’s story. The overall piece invites viewers to consider how design can bridge scientific process and human curiosity, making the Psyche mission feel both accessible and awe-inspiring.

Image and mission visuals are sourced from NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, including “Illustration of asteroid Psyche” (PIA 23876) and related Psyche mission materials (2023). Additional graphic reference includes the Psyche Mission Insignia (NASA/Arizona State University, public domain; Wikimedia Commons). Launch and mission photography is credited to NASA/Kim Shiflett, alongside mission reporting from NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU.

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Date Added: 11-20-2025
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Riley Perry - Psyche Inspired

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