New Asteroid Target Announced by Lucy Team
A new astroid target has been added to NASA’s Lucy mission on its 4-billion-mile journey. On Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy will get a close-up view of a small main-belt asteroid to conduct an engineering test of the spacecraft’s innovative asteroid-tracking navigation system.
"This asteroid really stood out. Lucy’s trajectory as originally designed will take it wit…
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