Gallery Type: Artwork from Psyche Inspired

"Tapestry of Psyche" is a crochet tapestry blending medieval artistry with space exploration. Using yarns inspired by the NASA Psyche mission, it features the Psyche spacecraft, stars, and a whimsical cloud. A pixelated "Psyche" graphic adds a modern touch.

May 29, 2025

Tapestry of Psyche

Rebecca Farmer May 29, 2025 Major: BA in Music with an Emphasis in Composition Genre/Medium: Crochet Tapestry About the work: “Tapestry of Psyche” is a one-of-a-kind crochet tapestry...
A little prince draped in a gold scarf and dressed in green stands on an asteroid scarcely larger than himself. The prince looks small compared to the vast sea of stars and the rocks that surround him. The asteroid gleams in metallic silver ink contrasted by purple and blue shadows, which reach into numerous craters on the surface.

May 27, 2025

In the Laughter of the Stars

Veronica Keff May 27, 2025 Major: Astrophysics, Minor in Mathematics Genre/Medium: Watercolor, Metallic ink About the work: “In the Laughter of the Stars” is a watercolor and metallic ink...
For this project, I created a paper cut collage-style poster featuring the Psyche Inspired logo and the asteroid 16 Psyche at its center. This poster can be seen through augmented reality (AR). The poster features Psyche Inspired's logo and 16 Psyche asteroid, that pop out when seen through a mobile device.

May 20, 2025

16 Psyche in 3D

Injir Batmunkh May 20th, 2025 Major: Scientific Illustration and Visualization Genre/Medium: Digital media, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Aero About the work: For my fourth project, “16...
Psyche logo with overlapping circles in orange, pink, and purple, enclosed by a gradient diamond outline

May 16, 2025

Childhood of the Planets

Hoang Nguyen May 16th, 2025 Major: Astronomy Genre/Medium: digital illustration About the work: Now having established a visual code to convey hidden meaning, I invert the situation from The...
A rounded patch design featuring a cute, mini cartoon version of the spacecraft. The spacecraft has a bright silver circular face with expressive eyes, solar panels as its wings, and instrument booms as arms. Set against the asteroid and a starry dark background, with text reading 'JOURNEY to a METAL WORLD' and 'MISSION TO PSYCHE' along the edge. A blue thruster trail flows behind the spacecraft.

May 8, 2025

Chibi Psyche

Therese Manesia Cook May 8th, 2025 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: Digital/Procreate About the work: My third project, called “Chibi Psyche,” imagines the spacecraft as a mini cartoon...
A clay sculpture of a skater girl, reimagining NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. She soars mid-air over the 16 Psyche asteroid, her rollerblades powered by hall thrusters. Sunglasses mimic solar cells, and sleek wings extend from her back. Painted in Psyche mission colors, the piece blends science and art, capturing the excitement of space exploration.

May 6, 2025

Rollin’ to 16 Psyche

Alexa Jones May 6th, 2025 Major: Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: Air-Dry Clay w/ acrylic paint About the work: “Rollin’ to 16 Psyche” shows my imagining of NASA’s...
“Odyssey” is the first relief print in a diptych, or two-part series, and is meant to be paired with my third project “Agape”. This is a black handmade print on white paper portraying the spacecraft as a sleeping astronaut flying through a large, dark patch of space as she makes the long and lonely journey towards 16 Psyche.

May 2, 2025

Odyssey

Cameron Sacra May 2nd, 2025 Major: Computer Science & BA Studio Arts Genre/Medium: Lino print – Paper, water-soluable printing ink About the work: “Odyssey” is the first of two...
A cute and simple 3D model of the Psyche spacecraft has 6 customizable expressions, 8 rainbow wing and body colors, 9 wing patterns (such as hearts, stars, and the Psyche logo), and 7 hat options (such as party and cowboy hats). There are literally thousands of possible combinations of unique avatars that can be made. The UI can be toggled to allow users to save images of their creations.

April 30, 2025

Psyche Customization Station

Jessica Hall April 30th, 2025 Major: New Media Design Genre/Medium: 3D interactive web experience; Spline About the work: The Psyche Customization Station is an interactive web experience that...
Unearthing Psyche is a colored pencil on a wooden panel, depicting Psyche digging through the inner layers of Earth towards the asteroid at its center. Psyche is shown dragging swirls of blue and green with it as it reaches the asteroid. Psyche 16 asteroid is shown in colorful hues at Earth’s center.

April 28, 2025

Unearthing Psyche

Nidhi Shah April 28th, 2025 Major: Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: Colored Pencil on Wood About the work: “Unearthing Psyche” reimagines the Psyche mission not as a journey through...
Psyche Mission Orbit D Notebook is the last in the series. The cover is a faux stained glass made of acrylic, and constructed with solder. The pattern represents elemental maps that assign an element a color and map it across the surface to see the element distribution. LED’s light up from behind giving a gemlike effect for the final touch.

April 25, 2025

Psyche Mission Orbit D Notebook

JESSICA GURNEY April 25th, 2025 Major: Astronomy Genre/Medium: BookBinding About the work: The final book in the series is the Psyche Mission Orbit D Notebook. Orbit D in the mission is to study...
A colorful paper collage made of sharp geometric shapes and smooth curves. The Psyche spacecraft has large purple solar panels stretching diagonally across the canvas. The background features a pattern of pink and orange concentric circles surrounded by black space and glittery stars.

April 23, 2025

Composition

Liz Phillips April 23rd, 2025 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: Collage About the work: “Composition” is a collage depicting the Psyche spacecraft as it flies over an abstract asteroid. Its title...
In an empty, grassy plain, a personified Earth and Falcon Heavy wave goodbye to the Psyche spacecraft, represented as an android, who stands in the distance with Mars. Farther still, a bridge of clouds connects the plain to where the asteroid hangs in the sky among a field of stars.

April 21, 2025

Fare Thee Well

Hoang Nguyen June 26th, 2025 Major: Astronomy Genre/Medium: digital illustration About the work: As this series comes to a close, I wanted to end with a farewell to the spacecraft. I’ve cast...