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Lucy Rollout and Lift & Mate The launch on 16 October 2021 at 5:34 am EDT. Although the Lucy concept originated in late 2014, and was selected for funding in 2015, the Lucy spaceflight began on 16 October 2021 with the launch of the Lucy spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle [47] into a stable parking orbit.
The Lucy spacecraft, encapsulated in its payload fairing, exits the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida on Oct. 7, 2021. The spacecraft will be transported to nearby Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Lucy spacecraft made a flyby of Dinkinesh from a distance of 425 km (264 mi) on 1 November 2023 16:54 UTC. [26] Lucy ' s flyby of Dinkinesh was announced by NASA and the Lucy science team on 25 January 2023, more than one year after Lucy had launched in October 2021. [27]
The close approach was designed to help the Lucy spacecraft test its suite of equipment, including its terminal tracking system, which allows the spacecraft to locate the space rock autonomously ...
A spacecraft named Lucy is on its way to a part of space that’s never been explored after being rocketed into the sky from Cape Canaveral before Saturday’s sunrise. The probe launched on time ...
Separated from DART and took pictures of its impact with the asteroid. [112] Lucy: Asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh: 16 October 2021 1 November 2023 746 days (2 yr, 17 d) Smallest main-belt asteroid explored by spacecraft yet. Discovered a natural satellite of the asteroid during the flyby. [113] Asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson: 20 April 2025 (planned ...
NASA’s Lucy mission flew by the asteroid Dinkinesh this week, and the images it captured revealed not one but two space rocks. NASA’s Lucy mission went to visit an asteroid and got more than ...
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