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NASA's Lucy Set to Explore Trojan Asteroids by 2025

4/21/2025

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft, launched in October 2021, is embarking on an exciting 12-year journey to uncover the mysteries of Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Mark your calendars for April 20, 2025, when Lucy will zoom past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, putting its instruments to the test after a thrilling flyby of the binary asteroid pair Dinkinesh in November 2023.

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft, launched in October 2021, is embarking on an exciting 12-year journey to uncover the mysteries of Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Mark your calendars for April 20, 2025, when Lucy will zoom past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, putting its instruments to the test after a thrilling flyby of the binary asteroid pair Dinkinesh in November 2023.