News Archive / Tagged: Trojan Asteroids
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have a solar array problem
Derek RichardsonOctober 18th, 2021In an update, NASA said one of the two circular solar arrays on the Lucy spacecraft bound for Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids may not have fully latched during deployment.
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NASA’s Lucy mission begins journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Theresa CrossOctober 16th, 2021NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids has begun with a launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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Lucy probe launching to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids this month
Laurel KornfeldOctober 1st, 2021Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.
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NASA’s Lucy Trojan asteroid spacecraft arrives in Florida
Cullen DesforgesAugust 10th, 2021NASA’s first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Lucy, has arrived in Florida in advance of its October 2021 launch.
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ULA tapped to begin NASA mission to Jupiter’s trojan asteroids
Joe LatrellFebruary 2nd, 2019NASA's Launch Services Program announced Feb. 1 that the agency's Lucy asteroid mission would be sent to space using an Atlas V rocket.
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Lockheed Martin tapped to build NASA’s Lucy spacecraft
Jason RhianJanuary 9th, 2017NASA has recently announced that the U.S. space agency is planning on sending two new Discovery Program missions to investigate leftovers of the formation of the early Solar System. One of these two spacecraft, Lucy, will be built by Lockheed Martin.
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OSIRIS-REx begins hunt for elusive ‘Trojan’ asteroids
Joe LatrellJanuary 7th, 2017After successfully launching in September of last year (2016), OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) has been given a new task – to hunt for "Trojan" asteroids that may pose a danger to Earth.