Lucy Program

NASA Lucy is an active Discovery mission and the first spacecraft mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Launched on October 16, 2021, Lucy will conduct a 12-year sequence of flybys of three main-belt asteroids and eight Trojan asteroids to investigate the early history of the solar system.

Identity

Aliases: LucyLucy mission
Domains: spaceflight
Name: Lucy Program
Status: active
Types: explorationscienceresearch

Details

Description: NASA Lucy is an active Discovery mission and the first spacecraft mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Launched on October 16, 2021, Lucy will conduct a 12-year sequence of flybys of three main-belt asteroids and eight Trojan asteroids to investigate the early history of the solar system.
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Start Date: 2021-10-16

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Creation Time: August 13, 2026 at 12:42:50 UTC
Updated Time: August 13, 2026 at 12:42:50 UTC

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Official Urls: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lucy/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lucy/the-lucy-team/