Psyche Inspired: "PsycheBot, Roll Out!"

My fourth and final work for Psyche Inspired, my internship with NASA's Psyche Mission. “PsycheBot, Roll Out!” is a fully articulated doll/action figure version of the Psyche satellite, a la “Transformers.” Most of the spacecraft's many scientific instruments are represented on her. Her torso is made up of the spacecraft’s bus and features the DSOC transceiver on her lower bust, the twin imagers on her upper left bust, part of the propulsion system on her back, and the solar arrays as wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. She also has boosters on her outer ankles, electrical components on her outer thighs, and the high-gain antenna on her left shoulder. Finally, the booms carrying the magnetometer and gamma ray & neutron spectrometers sit atop her head. Something I enjoy about the boom poles on her head and solar array wings on her back is that they make her look like a butterfly, which references the goddess Psyche's iconographic creature.

“PsycheBot, Roll Out!” was a massive challenge and labor of love for me. After getting her printed and painted, I photographed her exploring the strange world of Earth before her journey to the asteroid Psyche.

You can learn more about the Psyche mission and Psyche Inspired at https://psyche.asu.edu/.