News Archive / Tagged: Trojan Asteroids

• NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have a solar array problem

  Derek RichardsonOctober 18th, 2021

  In 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.

• NASA’s Lucy mission begins journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

  Theresa CrossOctober 16th, 2021

  NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids has begun with a launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

• Lucy probe launching to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids this month

  Laurel KornfeldOctober 1st, 2021

  Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.

• NASA’s Lucy Trojan asteroid spacecraft arrives in Florida

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 10th, 2021

  NASA’s first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Lucy, has arrived in Florida in advance of its October 2021 launch.

• ULA tapped to begin NASA mission to Jupiter’s trojan asteroids

  Joe LatrellFebruary 2nd, 2019

  NASA's Launch Services Program announced Feb. 1 that the agency's Lucy asteroid mission would be sent to space using an Atlas V rocket.

• Lockheed Martin tapped to build NASA’s Lucy spacecraft

  Jason RhianJanuary 9th, 2017

  NASA 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.

• OSIRIS-REx begins hunt for elusive ‘Trojan’ asteroids

  Joe LatrellJanuary 7th, 2017

  After 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.