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Lucy flyby sharpens NASA readiness for Jupiter Trojan operations

When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, it wasn’t just about an odd science target. This encounter also helped prepare the deep-space mission in advance of a ...
Phys.org

NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...
Forbes

Update: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Send Back Video Of ‘Peculiar’ Asteroid

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a flyby of a three-mile-wide asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, sending back a video composed of 37 images. Called (52246) Donaldjohanson, it’s the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has sent back photos of a distant space rock from its second asteroid flyby—and it looks pretty weird. The asteroid Donaldjohanson—named after the paleoanthropologist who ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main ...
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NASA’s Lucy shares striking close-up of Donaldjohanson asteroid

The Donaldjohanson asteroid imaged by NASA's Lucy spacecraft. NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL NASA has shared the first closeup images of the Donaldjohanson ...
Phys.org

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...
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NASA's Lucy mission struggles with solar array issue after launching to space

The first NASA mission that will fly by eight ancient asteroids launched early Saturday morning, but not everything went according to plan once the Lucy spacecraft reached space. After Lucy ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...