Today, NASA announced that its Lucy spacecraft is on track to make history. The spacecraft is set to approach its first of 12 targeted asteroids in 2023. This is the first mission of its kind to explore the Trojan asteroids, a group of asteroids orbiting the Sun near Jupiter. With its groundbreaking mission, Lucy will be able to shed light on the early days of our Solar System - providing us with an unprecedented look at the formation of our planets.

The Lucy mission will be carried out over the course of 12 years, with each flyby lasting up to three months. During these flybys, the spacecraft will capture data and images from each asteroid, giving us an unprecedented view of the Solar System’s history. With each flyby, Lucy will be able to provide us with more information about the evolution of our planets and even the origin of life.

This mission marks an exciting new chapter in space exploration and we can’t wait to see what Lucy discovers.

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source: Phys.org