Mission Lucy

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched ‘Lucy’, its first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan Asteroids, on 16th October 2021.

About Mission Lucy

  • Mission Duration: The solar-powered mission is expected to last around 12 years, during which time the spacecraft will visit eight asteroids spanning a distance of about 6.3 billion kilometres to learn more about the "young solar system."
  • Mission Name and Launch: The mission is named after 'Lucy,' a 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of a hominid species (which include humans and their ancestors). An Atlas V 401 rocket was used to launch the spacecraft.
  • Donald Johnson Asteroid: The spacecraft ....
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