NASA's asteroid-hopping mission LUCY has captured the first images of its asteroid targets. The images of the asteroids, some of which are still 330 million miles (530 million kilometers) away from the spacecraft, were captured by LUCY between March 25 and March 27, 2023.
Publisher: Space.com
Date: 2023-04-20T13:00:00Z
Author: Robert Lea
Twitter: @SPACEdotcom
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NASA's LUCY mission snaps its asteroid targets for the first time https://t.co/CuSYm7TJ70 https://t.co/PEouc2Owj9 SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Apr 20 13:01:16 +0000 2023
#ICYMI - NASA's @LucyMission snapped its first views of four of its Trojan asteroid targets! Lucy launched on a… https://t.co/m1wtmdLHGY NASA_LSP (from Kennedy Space Center, FL) Wed Apr 19 16:21:20 +0000 2023
We love Lucy! The @NASASolarSystem #LucyMission captured its first views of four of its Trojan asteroid targets, f… https://t.co/Dj4IKS2zuv NASA (from Pale Blue Dot) Thu Apr 13 18:33:08 +0000 2023
Our #LucyMission just caught its first glimpse of its very-distant destinations, Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, more t… https://t.co/MSGEo15xZS NASASolarSystem (from Milky Way Galaxy) Thu Apr 13 16:51:03 +0000 2023
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