Solar Array Issue Delays Deployment Of Lucy Instrument Pointing Platform

Artist's concept of Lucy.
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Attempts to fully unfurl and latch a solar array on NASA’s recently launched Lucy asteroid probe will resume no earlier than the end of next week, NASA said Oct. 19. The solar array issue prompted flight controllers to delay the deployment of the Lucy instrument pointing platform...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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