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Just a year into its twelve-year-long mission, NASA's Lucy has already spotted some of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids it will be "visiting" later.
NASA's Lucy probe, a mission to a group of asteroids near Jupiter, flew past Earth on October 16 and took some stunning photos of our planet and the moon before retreating to deep space.
The asteroid surveyor took a photo of Earth from 380,000 miles away. NASA's asteroid surveyor named Lucy had captured photos of Earth from a distance before its trip to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
On Oct. 16, NASA's Lucy will stop at the planet to acquire a gravitational boost that will launch it into a new orbit.
The spacecraft, which is in safe mode, is transitioning into cruise mode with increased autonomy and spacecraft configuration changes.