Lucy
AgencyNASA
Year2021
TypeTrojan asteroid tour (en route)
RocketAtlas V
CountryUSA
About the Mission
The first mission to the Trojan asteroids, two swarms of primitive bodies sharing the orbit of Jupiter. Will visit more asteroids than any mission before it. Named for the fossil that revealed human origins, as Trojans are fossils of planet formation. Spotted a tiny moon at its first destination during approach. Tour runs through 2033.
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