{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"101881","title":"ASU making its mark across the universe","body":"By Wendee NicoleThe 3D model of the Psyche asteroid that sits on ASU Regents Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton\u2019s desk, a gray elliptical \u201cpotato\u201d with craters, is the best rendition possible without ever seeing it up close.\u0026nbsp;Out of a million and a half larger asteroids, Psyche is\u0026nbsp;one of few\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-09-22T19:15:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/22\/2024-7:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU\u2019s School of Earth and Space Exploration has built up a renowned space exploration capability and today sits in the top 2% for NASA-funded research expenditures. From moon missions to discoveries in faraway galaxies, these ASU projects are laying groundwork for discoveries that will inspire careers, influence economies and, most importantly, expand human knowledge. ","teaser":"By Wendee Nicole","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-09\/pia19048.jpg?h=91996787\u0026amp;itok=TKhnBgBs","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240922-science-and-technology-asu-school-earth-space-exploration-bright-future","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-09\/pia19048.jpg?h=91996787\u0026amp;itok=TKhnBgBs","image_alt":"NASA image of Jupiter moon Europa","image_caption":"Europa, one of Jupiter\u0026#039;s icy moons, is the destination for a NASA mission set to launch in October. The Europa Clipper mission will include the Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS), an ASU-designed and -built instrument to measure the surface temperature. It is one of a growing number of missions showcasing ASU scientists\u0026#039; and engineers\u0026#039; expertise and capabilities. 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He\u00a0graduates with a double major in art studies and business entrepreneurship, and with the resources provided by Venture Devils, he launch Allergy Voyage, a concierge service that hosts restaurant menus for users with allergies.","teaser":"Tristan Tierce has spent much of his time at Arizona State University forging a unique path between the worlds of art and entrepreneurship.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-05\/2-img_0801.jpg?h=603694fd\u0026amp;itok=FU_fGxkQ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240506-sun-devil-community-asu-grad-blends-art-and-entrepreneurship-setting-sights-allergyfocused","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Earth and Space Exploration","contributor-contact-information-name":"Taylor Hess","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-05\/2-img_0801.jpg?h=603694fd\u0026amp;itok=FU_fGxkQ","image_alt":"Tristan Tierce","image_caption":"Tristan Tierce, multimedia manager for the Psyche Student Collaborations team, is graduating this May with a double major in art studies and business entrepreneurship.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Earth and Space Exploration|Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|W. 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At precisely 10:19:43 a.m. last Friday, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a spacecraft destined for a metal-rich asteroid. The Psyche mission, the first NASA deep-space mission led by ASU, is a story of perseverance and inspiration, of art and science, and the possibilities of the unknown.","teaser":"Editor\u2019s note:\u0026nbsp;This story is featured in the\u0026nbsp;2023 y","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20231013_psyche_liftoff_0476.jpg?h=21937c0b\u0026amp;itok=T0Ry63sM","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231017-discoveries-asu-psyche-mission-launch-week","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20231013_psyche_liftoff_0476.jpg?h=21937c0b\u0026amp;itok=T0Ry63sM","image_alt":"A rocket lifts off from a launchpad","image_caption":"The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida on Friday, Oct. 13, carrying the Psyche spacecraft, which begins its six-year, 2.2-billion-mile voyage to rendezvous with an asteroid, also called Psyche. (This photo was taken 3.9 miles from the launch pad.) 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With a launch-readiness date set for Oct. 12, the Psyche spacecraft will travel 2.2 billion miles from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to a metal-rich asteroid in the far reaches of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Here are six things to know about the mission.","teaser":"The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, the Arizona State University-led Psyche mission aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/psyche-spacecraft-high-res_0.jpg?itok=LQjckPss","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231005-discoveries-6-things-know-asu-asteroid-exploring-nasa-psyche-mission","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/psyche-spacecraft-high-res_0.jpg?itok=LQjckPss","image_alt":"An illustration of the Psyche spacecraft in front of an asteroid","image_caption":"This illustration depicts NASA\u0026#039;s Psyche spacecraft as it approaches the eponymous asteroid. Once it arrives in 2029, the spacecraft will orbit the metal-rich asteroid for 26 months while it conducts its science investigation. Image by NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Earth and Space Exploration|Interplanetary Initiative|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Psyche mission|Space exploration|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Students|Friend\/Fan","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"97405","title":"Psyche mission internships prove a stellar opportunity for ASU students","body":"An e-mail pops up in your inbox. It\u2019s a job posting, and NASA is mentioned.Or you heard about this mission called Psyche from a friend or in one of your classes.Or you were in the middle of the woods camping and couldn\u2019t fill out the internship application when it first caught your eye, but a year\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-25T10:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/25\/2023-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The routes four Arizona State University students took to land internships on the Psyche mission vary greatly, but they have all wound up at the same place: thrilled to be doing their part for the first ASU-led deep-space NASA mission, a journey to a metal-rich asteroid that\u2019s scheduled to launch Oct. 12 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.","teaser":"An e-mail pops up in your inbox. It\u2019s a job posting, and NASA is mentioned.Or you heard about this mission called Psyche from a friend or in one of your classes.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20170106pysche_02.jpg?itok=ggTSiwXX","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230925-sun-devil-life-psyche-mission-internships-asu-students","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20170106pysche_02.jpg?itok=ggTSiwXX","image_alt":"Artist rendering of the Psyche asteroid","image_caption":"An artist\u0026#039;s concept of the Psyche asteroid. 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That metal-rich asteroid might just be\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-25T10:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/25\/2023-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Sometimes you have to travel far into the skies to understand what\u2019s deep beneath your feet. That\u2019s one of the reasons ASU is leading NASA\u2019s Psyche mission \u2014 set to launch Oct. 12 \u2014 a nearly six-year journey to an asteroid of the same name. That metal-rich asteroid might just be the core of a planetesimal, a building block of an early planet. Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton took some time out of the busy lead-up to launch to talk about the mission and what they hope to discover about the asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.","teaser":"Sometimes you have to travel far into the skies to understand what\u2019s deep beneath your feet.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230601_lindy_elkins-tanton_201_1.jpg?itok=hQhjavQG","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230925-discoveries-psyche-principal-investigator-lindy-elkins-tanton-talks-first-asu-led-deep-space-nasa-misison","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Steve Filmer","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-826-6272","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230601_lindy_elkins-tanton_201_1.jpg?itok=hQhjavQG","image_alt":"A woman speaks while on camera, with two video cameras visible in the foreground","image_caption":"Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of the Psyche mission and ASU Regents Professor, is photographed during a video interview on the Tempe campus. 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Arizona State University is leading the overall mission, as well as the\u0026nbsp;multispectral imager\u0026nbsp;instrument team.The\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-25T10:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/25\/2023-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Psyche spacecraft \u2014 on a six-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name \u2014 is scheduled to launch the morning of Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ASU is leading the overall mission, as well as the multispectral imager instrument team. The imager will take approximately 85,000 images in the 26 months Psyche will be in orbit around the asteroid, and those images will help determine whether the asteroid is indeed the core of a small planetesimal that formed early in the history of our solar system, as the Psyche team has hypothesized.","teaser":"The Psyche spacecraft \u2014 on a six-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name \u2014 is scheduled to launch the morning of Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20220328_nasa_psyche_images_101.jpg?itok=_F445npD","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230925-discoveries-eyes-psyche-asu-leading-multispectral-imager-instrument-team","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20220328_nasa_psyche_images_101.jpg?itok=_F445npD","image_alt":"The Psyche mission\u0026#039;s Multispectral Imager instrument sits on a table","image_caption":"The Psyche mission\u0026#039;s\u00a0multispectral imager instrument is shown in the process of assembly and testing on Sept. 13, 2021, at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The\u00a0multispectral imager is sensitive to visible light like we can see with our eyes, but also to light just beyond what humans can see, using filters in the ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. The photos taken in these filters will reveal the Psyche asteroid\u0026#039;s geology and topography, and could help determine the mineralogy of any rocky material that may exist on the surface of Psyche. Photo by NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU\/MSSS","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Earth and Space Exploration|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Psyche mission|Space exploration|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Students|Friend\/Fan","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"97355","title":"Psyche Spirit Week encourages career exploration for K\u201312 Arizona students","body":"Access ASU, a K\u201312 enrichment division at Arizona State University dedicated to increasing access to higher education and preparing Arizona students for success, is celebrating the ASU-led NASA Psyche mission launch with a themed spirit week and photo contest for students throughout the state. The\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-19T10:45:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/19\/2023-10:45am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Access ASU is celebrating the ASU-led NASA Psyche mission launch with a themed spirit week and photo contest for students throughout the state. The Psyche mission, selected by NASA\u2019s Discovery Program, is scheduled to launch on Oct. 5, starting its journey to a metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Four lucky winners \u2014 individuals or classes \u2014 will get VIP tours of the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration\u2019s centers on the Tempe campus.","teaser":"Access ASU, a K\u201312 enrichment division at Arizona State University dedicated to increasing access to higher education and preparing Arizona students for success, is celebrating the ASU-led NASA ","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230915-psyche-asu-prep-327-16x9.jpg?itok=EUVimxEx","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230919-arizona-impact-asu-psyche-spirit-week-photo-contest-launch-career-exploration","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230915-psyche-asu-prep-327-16x9.jpg?itok=EUVimxEx","image_alt":"A boy wearing an astronaut costume smiles wide at someone off camera","image_caption":"Eighth grader Benjamin Graves, 13, shows off a NASA astronaut costume on Sept. 15 at ASU Prep in downtown Phoenix. In teacher Julie Johnson\u2019s 7\u201312 robotics class, students spent the first hour making and decorating asteroid belt accessory string bags as part of the Psyche Mission Spirit Week. 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That launch will begin a nearly six-year, 2.2 billion-mile journey to an unexplored asteroid of the same name. There are some extremely bright minds behind this mission, but you don\u2019t have to be a rocket scientist to take part. 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Most prominent is the launch of the Psyche mission, for which Elkins-Tanton is principal investigator. But before that is the launch of her memoir, \u201cA Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman,\u201d on June 7. It is the story of science as a place of healing, as a way of building a life philosophy \u2014 finding meaning through the wonders of the world and the universe around us.","teaser":"Lindy Elkins-Tanton has two launches on her calendar this year.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20190219lindaelkinstanton-cropped.jpg?itok=wy-WI60N","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220603-creativity-asu-scientist-lindy-elkins-tanton-new-book","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20190219lindaelkinstanton-cropped.jpg?itok=wy-WI60N","image_alt":"A woman and a young woman are silhouetted against an image of the moon","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Earth and Space Exploration|Interplanetary Initiative|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Psyche mission|Gender|Humanities|Science|Space exploration","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"92814","title":"A space mission that welcomes students onboard","body":"The Psyche mission \u2014 a four-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid expected to launch in August and that could provide clues into the formation of planets \u2014 is Arizona State University\u2019s first deep-space NASA mission.But from the moment the\u0026nbsp;Psyche mission was awarded to her team in 2017,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-04-28T10:18:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/28\/2022-10:18am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From the moment the Psyche mission \u2014\u00a0a four-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid \u2014 was awarded to her team in 2017, Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton knew she wanted to make the mission accessible to students throughout the country. 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The project, which received funding from NASA in January, is underway and one of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222017-03-15T13:04:00-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/15\/2017-1:04pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Ahead of a NASA mission led by Arizona State University, the university\u0026#039;s 3-D print lab on the Polytechnic campus has created a basketball-sized model of what scientists believe is the core of a failed planet.","teaser":"Exploring new worlds requires vision and some well-educated guesses; visual cues are nice, too.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2017_2_27_3d_psyche_print_model_-_polytechnic_campus-10.jpg?itok=eqXFCRiX","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20170315-creativity-asu-techies-create-3-d-model-mysterious-metal-asteroid-psyche","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Skip Derra","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-4823","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Polytechnic campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2017_2_27_3d_psyche_print_model_-_polytechnic_campus-10.jpg?itok=eqXFCRiX","image_alt":"Psyche model","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Earth and Space Exploration","interests":"Psyche mission|Space exploration|Technology","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"Polytechnic campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"72398","title":"ASU to lead deep-space NASA mission for 1st time","body":"Editor\u0027s note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now\u0027s year in review. 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