NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Flyby Suggests More Surprises Await

The asteroid Dinkinesh (left) and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL
NASA’s Lucy probe to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids encountered a surprise last November as it flew by the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh during a test of its terminal tracking system. The tracking system is designed to keep the spacecraft’s cameras and other instrumentation pointed at their targets...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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