Lucy spacecraft

NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe to fire main engines in space for 1st time this week

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter ...

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. It ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully completes 1st flyby of asteroid ‘Dinky’

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Dr. Sarah Adams

On Nov. 1, NASA confirmed its Lucy spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh, a relatively small space rock located in ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter. ...

NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by asteroid ‘Dinkinesh’ on Nov. 1. Here’s what to expect

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Dr. Sarah Adams

An illustration of the Lucy spacecraft and an asteroid against a bluish, starry snippet of space. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to ...