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Lucy
NASA's Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. In April 2025, Lucy successfully flew by the asteroid Donaldjohanson at 960 km distance. The spacecraft will reach its first main target, Eurybates, in August 2027, providing first-ever close-up observations of these primitive remnants of planetary formation.
Mission Objectives
- Explore diversity of Jupiter Trojan asteroids
- Study primitive solar system formation remnants
- Investigate surface geology, composition, and density
- Understand early solar system dynamics
- Fly by 8 different asteroids including main belt and Trojans