M-Type Asteroid Sampling Simulator – Psyche: Sampling a Metal World
INSTITUTION
Penn State – Behrend (PSB)
CLASS
Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)
STUDENT TEAM
Aria Harley, Computer Science
Jared Smithbauer, Computer Science
Mathias Nebiyou, Software Engineering
Allison Flatt, Computer Science
ACADEMIC GUIDANCE
Shahid Hussain
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The objective of this project is to provide an interactive and realistic simulation of a far-future concept for a NASA sampling mission to the Psyche asteroid.
This work was created in partial fulfillment of Pennsylvania State University Capstone Course “CMPSC485W/SWENG481W″. 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.
