Spacecraft speeds toward another asteroid

Spacecraft speeds toward another asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

Spacecraft speeds toward another close encounter with an asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

The Lucy spacecraft is expected to observe another asteroid and record information about its composition and our early solar system.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to have its second close encounter with an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several asteroid flybys planned for its 12-year mission to study remnants of the early solar system. The Lucy spacecraft will be 596 miles (960 km) from asteroid Donaldjohanson - named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the "Lucy" hominin fossil - at the closest point of its pass, which will occur at 1:51PM ET. Lucy will u…