• 5 Years in Space: Lucy Spacecraft

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA craft reaches 5 full years in space during planned 12-year mission to encounter 11 different asteroids.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of 3548 Eurybates / Queta

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans to come within 1,000 km of 64-km diameter 3548 Eurybates asteroid and its 1-km diameter satellite Queta.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of 15094 Polymele

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans to come within 415 km of 21-km diameter 15094 Polymele asteroid which may be a collisional fragment and rich in organic tholin compounds.

  • 6 Years in Space: Lucy Spacecraft

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA craft reaches 6 full years in Space, about mid-way through planned 12-year mission to encounter 11 different asteroids.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of Asteroid 11351 Leucus

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA's Lucy mission, to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, planned to come within 1,000 km of 34-km diameter 11351 Leucus asteroid today.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of Asteroid 21900 Orus

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA Lucy mission, to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to come within 1,000 km of 51-km diameter 21900 Orus asteroid (which may be a possible binary) today.