Dr. Lucy Hoag pointed out the need for software tools to achieve interoperability across the space sector.
The main objective of the Lucy flyby is to gain new insights into the four-kilometer-diameter asteroid Donaldjohanson.
Lucy is equipped with a Terminal Tracking System (TTS) to adjust the camera's orientation during the flyby.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will pass by asteroid Donaldjohanson at 19:51 CEST.
Lucy will encounter six asteroids on the Jupiter orbit between 2027 and 2028, and two more in 2033.
Lucy is a Discovery-class mission launched by NASA on October 16, 2021.
The flyby of Donaldjohanson requires high precision, with Lucy traveling at 13.4 kilometers per second.
Lucy will capture high-resolution images with a resolution of up to ten meters per pixel.
Lucy will observe a total of eleven asteroids over twelve years.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will fly by asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.
Lucy launched in 2021 is conducting flybys of multiple Jupiter Trojan and main-belt asteroids to study Trojan diversity and understand the solar system’s early history.
Lucy performed a flyby of Dinkinesh on 2023-11-01.
The Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V that launched Lucy was powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine.
Lucy was launched in October 2021 aboard an Atlas V rocket.
Aerojet Rocketdyne supplied the thrusters that placed NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on target for its 2023-11-01 flyby of Dinkinesh.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Redmond, Washington facility designed and built all of Lucy’s thrusters.
Lucy was launched in October 2021 aboard an Atlas V rocket whose Centaur upper stage was powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is scheduled to fly by a main belt asteroid named Dinkinesh on November 1, 2023.
The NASA spacecraft named 'Lucy' is on a mission to study the solar system's asteroid belt and honors the Australopithecus afarensis species.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft launched in October 2021 on a mission to fly by two main belt asteroids and several Trojan asteroids.