Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time
The asteroid-sleuthing probe is transitioning from its orbit around the Sun to one beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
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The asteroid-sleuthing probe is transitioning from its orbit around the Sun to one beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
The NASA mission hit the jackpot with its first target, observing the first known contact binary asteroid in orbit.
The NASA mission's first close flyby came with an exciting surprise: Dinkinesh is a binary asteroid featuring not one but two space rocks.
The probe will conduct a close flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh on Wednesday to test its instruments as it steadily makes its way towards Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
The spacecraft is 4.7 million miles away from Dinkinesh, but still has another 16 million miles to travel before their rendezvous.