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NASA's active Lucy spacecraft completed two Earth gravity assists and flybys of Dinkinesh and Donaldjohanson after its 2021 launch; it continues toward eight Jupiter Trojan asteroids, including several satellite targets.
- Destinations
- EarthShow Earth in the explorer
- DinkineshShow Dinkinesh in the explorer
- SelamShow Selam in the explorer
- DonaldjohansonShow Donaldjohanson in the explorer
- EurybatesShow Eurybates in the explorer
- QuetaShow Queta in the explorer
- PolymeleShow Polymele in the explorer
- Polymele's unnamed satelliteShow Polymele's unnamed satellite in the explorer
- LeucusShow Leucus in the explorer
- OrusShow Orus in the explorer
- PatroclusShow Patroclus in the explorer
- MenoetiusShow Menoetius in the explorer
- Launch vehicle
- ULA Atlas V 401
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- Lucy - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation - NASA — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Completes Asteroid Flyby - NASA Science — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Completes Asteroid Donaldjohanson Flyby - NASA Science — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares for Second Earth Gravity Assist - NASA Science — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context