Sample Acquisition from Hypothesized Surfaces – Psyche Sample Capture

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Platinum Class (2025 – 2026)

STUDENT TEAM

Jorge Rodriguez, Electrical Engineering

Ryan De La Garza, Electrical Engineering

Hanlin Qi, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Christopher Hernandez, Electrical Engineering

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Cassie Bowman

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A coring drill with integrated sample storage system designed to cope with a variety of hypothesized surfaces on the asteroid Psyche.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “EEE 488.” 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.