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NASA's Lucy Set for Historic Asteroid Flyby in 2025

2/27/2025

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting close flyby of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, just 596 miles away. Currently 45 million miles from Earth, Lucy will utilize its high-resolution camera to capture the asteroid's movements, paving the way for future explorations of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and deepening our knowledge of the solar system's origins.

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting close flyby of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, just 596 miles away. Currently 45 million miles from Earth, Lucy will utilize its high-resolution camera to capture the asteroid's movements, paving the way for future explorations of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and deepening our knowledge of the solar system's origins.