Lucy Stories
NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex
Images from the November 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft show a trough on Dinkinesh where a…
NASA’s Lucy Surprises Again, Observes 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft took images of asteroid Dinkinesh, discovering that the asteroid has the first-ever contact binary pair orbiting the…
Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh
Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the Nov. 1…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Preparing for its First Asteroid Flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is preparing for its first close-up look at an asteroid. On Nov. 1, it will fly by…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Continues Approach to Asteroid Dinkinesh
Since NASA’s Lucy spacecraft first imaged the asteroid Dinkinesh on Sept. 3, 2023, Lucy has traveled over 33 million miles…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Captures its 1st Images of Asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured its first images with a view of the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, the first of 10…
NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Target Gets a Name
The first asteroid to be visited by NASA’s Lucy mission now has a name. The International Astronomical Union has approved…
NASA’s Lucy Team Announces New Asteroid Target
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy will get a…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares to Swing by Earth
On Oct. 16, at 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, will skim…