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Bowman CDD, Elkins-Tanton LT, Talamante A, Bell JF, Cisneros E, Cook A, Frieman JD, Gainor D, Hunziker J, Khan S, Lawler CR, Maschino J, McCoy TJ, Nessi K, Oran R, Seal D, Simon A, Singh R, Tolbert CM, Valentine K, Weiss B, Wenkert DD, Williams DA. Mission to Psyche: Including Undergraduates and the Public on the Journey to a Metal World. Space Sci Rev 2023; 219:25. [PMID: 37034007 PMCID: PMC10075154 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-023-00967-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
The NASA Psyche mission's program to engage university undergraduates and the public in the mission is inspired by and built upon the extensive foundation of public engagement, educational outreach activities, and expertise of NASA and mission partner institutions. The program leverages the enthusiasm and contributions of undergraduates nationwide to the benefit of the mission, the students and their institutions and communities, and the broader public. Psyche Student Collaborations consists of four main programs, two (Psyche Capstone and Psyche Inspired) are available solely to undergraduates enrolled at universities or community colleges in the United States and its territories and two (Innovation Toolkit free online courses and Science Outreach Interns and Docents) invite broader participation by engaging the talents and creativity of undergraduate interns to help create content and events to reach the public and lifelong learners. Together, these offerings provide multiple entry points and a spectrum of intensity of experiences, numbers of participants, disciplinary diversity, and mode of delivery. Involving undergraduates in all phases of the program supports the development of the next generation of explorers, contributes to the nation's workforce preparation, and complements NASA's existing undergraduate offerings by providing long-term opportunities for students to participate with the mission through established postsecondary education structures like capstone courses.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | - Adriana Talamante
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - James F. Bell
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Ernest Cisneros
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Alexandra Cook
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | | | - Danya Gainor
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Jamie Hunziker
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | | | | | - Jessica Maschino
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | | | - Kaxandra Nessi
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Rona Oran
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
| | - David Seal
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA USA
| | - Amber Simon
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Rohit Singh
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | | | - Karin Valentine
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
| | - Benjamin Weiss
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
| | | | - David A. Williams
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
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