Lucy — launch
Date in UTC
Lucy is a NASA mission launched on October 16, 2021 to investigate asteroids, including Jupiter’s Trojan populations. These bodies share Jupiter’s orbital path around the Sun and preserve evidence relevant to the early Solar System. The spacecraft uses repeated gravitational assists and a sequence of flybys to examine multiple targets. Its instruments measure surface properties, geology and other characteristics to compare the bodies it encounters.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft). Related NASA reference: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lucy/.
- Category
- Launches and Flight Tests
- Type
- Orbital launch
- Subjects
- Space transportation
- Mission
- Lucy
- Organization
- United Launch Alliance/Lockheed Martin Astronautics
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 401
- Location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Country
- US
- Outcome
- Successful
Context and qualifications
Launch code: DS. Source references: Wire; -.
Sources and attribution
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikipedia — Lucy (opens in a new tab) — Factual synthesis based on the cited Wikipedia and NASA pages; original editorial wording. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Lucy (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Lucy (opens in a new tab)