Gallery Type: Artwork from Psyche Inspired

An uplifting illustration in bright blues and greens, showing the Psyche spacecraft soaring overhead with a flock of birds in a bright, sunny sky. Both of its large, cross-shaped solar panels spread across the sky like wings. Below it are two tennis players on the court, smiling in awe, with one mirroring Psyche's wingspan with her arms. The sun is shining, and palm trees are swaying in the wind.

March 5, 2025

Psyche’s Wings

THERESE MANESIA COOK March 5th, 2025 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: Digital Art (Procreate) About the work: Continuing on the theme of illustrating scale, my second painting, “Psyche’s Wings,”...
Journey to the Lost Metal World shows a knight in Roman-inspired armor adorned with Psyche spacecraft details receiving a blessing—a kiss—from Psyche, the goddess. The textured digital artwork mimics a stone wall painting. Eerie black smoke creeps along the edges, revealing corrupted versions of the figures.

February 28, 2025

Journey to the Lost Metal World

Madelaine T. Vu February 28th, 2025 Major: Neuroscience and Psychology Genre/Medium: D&D One-Shot Adventure, Digital art About the work: “Journey to the Lost Metal World” began...
A shiny metal sculpture about 20 inches tall, composed of a model asteroid with many steel wires protruding from the surface. The wires loop back around into the asteroid, forming curved shapes that resemble a woman’s face and hair. The sculpture is supported by a clear rod connected to a marble base, making it appear to be floating freely.

February 26, 2025

Magnetic

LIZ PHILLIPS February 26th, 2025 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: Aluminum, Steel, Marble, Acrylic About the work: What does Psyche’s magnetic field look like? This is one of the primary questions...
Mission to 16 Psyche booklet cover with spacecraft and asteroid illustration, text: "Launching in 3... 2... 1

February 21, 2025

Psyche Inspired Activity Booklet

AALIJAH MARIA ULULANI JOHNSON February 21st, 2025 Major: BA Psychology and Art, BS in Computer Science Genre/Medium: Procreate, Adobe Fresco, Google Docs About the work: The “Psyche Inspired...
This book is the second in a series about the four orbits the spacecraft will inhabit once it reaches Psyche. The cover features a clay interpretation of the asteroid surrounded by a ring of lights mimicking day and night. The back blurb talks about the mission of orbit B. The interior is hand sewn and finished with marbled end pages.

February 10, 2025

Psyche Mission Orbit B Notebook

Jessica Gurney February 10th, 2025 Major: Astronomy Genre/Medium: BookBinding About the work: The second book in the series is called Psyche Mission Orbit B Notebook. Orbit B is actually split...
The first piece displays a metal box, with spirals engraved on the outside. As the box opens, smoke rushes out, with nebulas, clouds containing gas and dust, bursting out from the smoke. The second piece shows a chalice engraved with vines and flowers. The cup is knocked over, with a liquid filled with stars spilling out. A girl floats on the top of the liquid and a butterfly hovers above her.

February 3, 2025

The Drink of the Gods/The Box of Eternal Beauty

Brooke Flanagan February 2nd, 2025 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: “The Box of Eternal Beauty” is an abstract digital illustration that depicts the...
An android reaches for a metal skeleton whose head is obscured by cloth. This portrait is contained in a decorative frame which depicts, counterclockwise from the bottom, the asteroid Psyche, the terrestrial planets, a sheep made of gears and cogs, the Moon, a sheep made of flesh and bones, and the cores of the terrestrial planets.

January 27, 2025

The Artifact

HOANG NGUYEN January 27th, 2025 Major: Astronomy Genre/Medium: Digital Illustration About the work: I continue drawing human analogies to the mission, which to me makes the whole thing feel...
This stippled and cross-hatched ink illustration of the Psyche asteroid uses metallic flakes to highlight its metallic core and magnetic field. The design incorporates a closed eye symbolizing Goddess Psyche and hidden butterflies within the asteroid, blending science and mythology.

January 22, 2025

Psyche Asteroid Illustration

INJIR BATMUNKH January 22nd, 2025 Major: Scientific Illustration and Visualization Genre/Medium: Fine liner, metallic flakes, glue About the work: “Psyche Asteroid Illustration” is...
The doll is seated. She has pale skin and wears a variegated purple dress. The skirt of the dress has the shape of flower petals. She has long, curly brown hair that cascades down to the floor, and large white wings peak out from behind it. The asteroid is an oblong shape and an overall gray color with spots of white and brown. It has embroidered craters which protrude from the surface.

January 17, 2025

Imagining Psyche Through Crochet

Carrie Geisler January 17th, 2025 Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Genre/Medium: Crochet/Amigurumi About the work: This project, entitled “Imagining Psyche through Crochet,” is...
The View On Board places the audience onto the spacecraft as it approaches 16 Psyche. The painting depicts an ordinary living room with Taters sitting on a sofa and a centerpiece with the lucky peanuts sitting on top. At the center is a larger window through which the viewer can see a close up of the Psyche asteroid as it floats through space. A telescope and solar system model frames the window.

January 15, 2025

The View On Board

Nidhi Shah January 15th, 2025 Major: Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: Acrylic on Canvas About the work: “The View On Board” aims to place the audience—both the engineers and...
“Cosmic Messengers” is an oil painting depicting the 16 Psyche asteroid in false colors (pink and purple). There are several vertical lines representing energy signatures of different precious metal isotopes found on 16 Psyche’s surface, which show the asteroid with inverted coloring. The Iron and Nickel lines are highlighted, with Iron-54 in red and Nickel-60 and Nickel-58 in green.

January 10, 2025

Cosmic Messengers

Veronica Keff January 13th, 2025 Major: Astrophysics, minor in Mathematics Genre/Medium: Acrylic and Oil Paint on Canvas About the work: “Cosmic Messengers” is a 24” x 30” oil painting...
This image illustrates the satellite launched towards the Psyche asteroid. The piece is titled 'Between Mars and Jupiter', featuring a central body with extending solar panels. The panels display musical notations with text instructions.

January 6, 2025

Between Mars and Jupiter

Rebecca Farmer January 6th, 2025 Major: BA in Music with an Emphasis in Composition Genre/Medium: Classical Contemporary Piece, Graphic Score About the work: “Between Mars and Jupiter”...