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The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.
The square board features spaces along the outer edges with asteroids in groups of two or three differentiated by color. The corners of the board are special spaces including “GO,” the launch pad, a gravity assist, and a space that sends you to the launch pad. Accessories including colorful cash, small figurines of the Psyche spacecraft as playing pieces, dice, and two types of action cards.

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A Trip Around the Asteroid Belt

Carrie Geisler

June 24th, 2025

Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Genre/Medium: Board Game/ Papercraft

About the work:

Take “A Trip Around the Asteroid Belt” in this Psyche-inspired version of a classic family board game! Travel the asteroid belt on the Psyche spacecraft and collect scientific data on as many asteroids as you can along the way! Gain research funding when others visit the asteroids that you’re studying and use that money to gain data points and discoveries that make your research even more valuable! Earn rewards for completing mission goals and contend with common challenges of space missions from schedule slips to instrument malfunctions. But be careful not to get stuck waiting on the launch pad for your next mission!

The game board includes 22 of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt, as well as the planets Mars and Jupiter, whose orbits are found on either side of the asteroid belt. It also includes the four main instruments onboard the Psyche spacecraft, and spaces which direct you to perform an action or take an action card. Action cards describe things such as completing science objectives of the Psyche mission or suffering a mission misfortune such as having to push back the launch date. The game was designed with the colors of the mission logo in mind, and the board folds up for easy storage!

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Meet the Interns

Alexa Jones Headshot

Alexa Jones

Institution: Arizona State University Major: Mechanical Engineering
Ash Soriano Headshot

Ash Soriano

Institution: Arizona State University Major: Media Arts and Sciences
Brooke Flanagan Headshot

Brooke Flanagan

Institution: Plymouth State University Major: Graphic Design
Cameron Sacra Headshot

Cameron Sacra

Institution: University of Arizona Major: BA Studio Arts

Carrie Geisler

Institution: Princeton University Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hoang Nguyen

Institution: University of Maryland Major: Astronomy
Injir Batmunkh Headshot

Injir Batmunkh

Institution: Iowa State University Major: Scientific Illustration and Visualization
Jessica Gurney Headshot

Jessica Gurney

Institution: University of Arizona Major: Astronomy
Jessica Hall Headshot

Jessica Hall

Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology Major: New Media Design
Liz Phillips Headshot

Liz Phillips

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara Major: Physics
Madelaine Vu Headshot

Madelaine T. Vu

Institution: Arizona State University Major: Neuroscience and Psychology
Nidhi Shah Headshot

Nidhi Shah

Institution: Columbia University Major: Mechanical Engineering
Rebecca Farmer Headshot

Rebecca Farmer

Institution: Utah State University Major: BA in Music (Composition)
Therese Cook Headshot

Therese Manesia Cook

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles Major: Physics
Veronica Keff Headshot

Veronica Keff

Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder Major: Astrophysics, Mathematics Minor
Aalijah Johnson Headshot

Aalijah Maria Ululani Johnson (Fall 2024 only)

Institution: The Evergreen State College Major: BA Psychology and Art, BS in Computer Science

Psyche Inspired Overview

Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works. These works are posted in the gallery above and highlighted on X, Facebook, and Instagram. View the full resolution images in the image gallery. This year’s Psyche Inspired cohort is known as the Iridium Class.

Psyche Inspired was piloted at ASU during the 2017-2018 academic year. The following academic year, Psyche Inspired expanded nationally! The works from each Psyche Inspired cohort are collected in individual downloadable books that tell the story of Psyche through musical scores, sculptures, painting, 3-D models, photography, acrylic art, needlepoint, stop-motion films, mixed media, and more.

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