NASA’s Lucy Mission Logs First Asteroid Encounter

Mark Carreau November 02, 2023
Lucy spacecraft dinkinesh

An illustration showing the expected motion of the Lucy spacecraft and its instrument pointing platform during the encounter with Dinkinesh.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI
HOUSTON—NASA’s Lucy mission has conducted a successful flyby of the small main-belt asteroid Dinkinesh in a demonstration of its onboard terminal tracking system, science instrumentation and high-gain antenna for communications. Highly anticipated data from the Nov. 1, 12:54 p.m. EDT flyby will take...
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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