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NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...
NASA probe set to uncover secrets of mysterious asteroid: 'We don't know what to expect'
NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...
Here’s what a Beatles song and a fossil have to do with a NASA mission to study asteroids
Instead of looking for a girl with kaleidoscope eyes, a NASA spacecraft is about to approach space debris formed in the early ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft to Make High-Speed Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson at 30,000 MPH
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set for a high-velocity encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, marking a ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to have its second close encounter with an asteroid
A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft to zoom past asteroid this weekend at 30,000 mph: "We don't know what to expect"
NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Set for High-Stakes Asteroid Encounter on Sunday
The Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore a peculiar set of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter as it orbits the Sun. As it journeys to these Trojan asteroids, the probe is preparing for ...
NASA’s Lucy Gears Up for a Thrilling Close Encounter With a Mysterious Space Relic
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
NASA's Lucy prepares for second asteroid flyby on the road to Jupiter
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.
Lucy spacecraft prepares for second asteroid encounter
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...
Nave espacial Lucy de la NASA se dirige a otro encuentro cercano con un asteroide
La nave espacial Lucy de la NASA pasará cerca de un pequeño asteroide este fin de semana mientras se dirige a un premio ...