NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft: Instruments Checkout A-OK, Progress on Solar Array Glitch
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft continues to operate in cruise mode – the standard mode for its orbit away from Earth. Checkouts for the Lucy instruments were…
Lucy Mission News
Lucy Spacecraft’s 12-Year, 4-Billion-Mile Mission To Study Ancient Trojan Asteroids
Project scientist Professor Richard Binzel discusses NASA’s latest interplanetary mission, which is co-led by Cathy Olkin ’88, PhD ’96. On October 16, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft…
NASA Lucy Spacecraft Update: Instruments Powering On and Working Normally
The Lucy spacecraft continues to operate in cruise mode – the standard mode for outbound orbit. The team has begun turning on instruments. L’TES and L’Ralph have been powered…
NASA’s Lucy Stable in Cruise Mode – Problematic Solar Array Is 75% to 95% Deployed
The Lucy spacecraft remains in cruise mode, which is the standard flight mode for outbound flight and allows for substantial autonomy for the spacecraft. The…
NASA Issues Update on Lucy Spacecraft and Its Solar Array Problem
Lucy Spacecraft Healthy as NASA Continues Solar Array Assessments NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully transitioned to cruise mode on October 20, which is the standard configuration…
NASA Lucy Team Postpones Operations As They Focus on Solar Array Glitch
After successful separation from the rocket on October 16, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft deployed both solar arrays. Soon after deployment, NASA received confirmation that one of…
Following a Successful Launch, NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Hits a Solar Array Deployment Snag
Following a successful launch on October 16, 2021, analysis of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft systems show the spacecraft is operating well and is stable. Lucy’s two…
NASA Lucy Launched on Atlas V Rocket – Asteroid Mission to “Fossils” of Planet Formation
NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket…
NASA’s Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission Invites You to Build Your Own Time Capsule
Where will you be and what will you be up to in August of 2027? What about March of 2033? NASA knows exactly where the…
We Love Lucy – Four Questions With NASA Mission Manager Sherry Jennings
NASA is preparing to launch a new spacecraft on a quest to unlock the mysteries of our Solar System’s formation. Named for the fossilized human…
NASA’s Daring Lucy Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Poised To Launch
SwRI’s Levison, Olkin lead the mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is encapsulated in a protective fairing atop an Atlas V rocket, awaiting…
NASA’s Lucy 12-Year Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Launches This Week – How To Watch It Live
On October 16, 2021, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will begin its journey to visit a record-breaking number of asteroids. The 12-year mission starts from NASA’s Kennedy…
NASA’s Lucy Mission To Explore the Jupiter Trojan Asteroids – “It’s Almost Like We’re Traveling Back in Time”
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 on a 12-year journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The Lucy mission will include three Earth gravity assists…
NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Launch To Study “Fossils” of Planet Formation
NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack…
Lucy Is Going to Space – To Explore Time Capsules From the Birth of Our Solar System
Time capsules from the birth of our Solar System more than 4 billion years ago, the swarms of Trojan asteroids associated with Jupiter are thought…
Launch Preparations Underway for NASA’s First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
NASA’s first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived Friday, July 30, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is now in…
NASA Lucy Mission’s Message – Not for Unknown Aliens – But for the Future
In the 1970s four spacecraft began their one-way trips out of our Solar System. As the first human-built objects to ever venture into interstellar space,…
The Lucy Plaque – Spacecraft Will Carry It on Journey to the Trojan Asteroids
The first spacecraft to leave the Solar System carried with them messages from Earth for any intelligent life that may one day encounter them. The…
