In early January, NASA announced that ASU will lead its first major space exploration mission called “Psyche,” which marks the beginning of the University’s serious commitment to the ever-expanding space race to discover more information about our vast solar system. Principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton, director of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration , spent over five years developing the scientific proposal behind Psyche along with a team of 150 people.