Lucy
Lucy is NASA's active mission to explore three main-belt asteroids and eight Jupiter Trojan asteroids with one interplanetary flyby spacecraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Lucy missionLucy Trojan asteroid mission
- Name
- Lucy
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Lucy is NASA's active mission to explore three main-belt asteroids and eight Jupiter Trojan asteroids with one interplanetary flyby spacecraft.
- Destination
- Jupiter Trojan asteroids
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Lucy completed its Dinkinesh and Donaldjohanson asteroid encounters and continues its planned cruise toward the Jupiter Trojan flybys.
- Start Date
- 2021-10-16
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lucy/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:00:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:00:57 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Programs
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles