Nov 25, 2024 - 50 years ago yesterday, Donald Johanson and his team discovered the fossilized remains of a human ancestor that would come to be known by the nickname Lucy.
Oct 21, 2024 - Lucy's
Oct 30, 2023 - On Nov 1, 2023, Lucy flew past the small Main Belt asteroid Dinkinesh, and its even smaller satellite.
Apr 25, 2023 - In Feburary 2023, astronomers and citizen scientists joined forces to detect the satellite of the Trojan asteroid Polymele.
Apr 13, 2023 - The Lucy spacecraft took its first images of the Trojan Asteroids, getting a view of the asteroids that is not possible from Earth.
Oct 10, 2022 - Here is how you might be able to get a glimpse of the Lucy Spacecraft as it swings by the Earth for its first Earth Gravity Assist
Sep 29, 2022 - After one year in space, Lucy is swinging by the Earth for its first Earth Gravity Assist
Aug 18, 2022 - A behind the scenes look at how the Lucy Team discovered that the spacecraft will be visiting not 8, but 9 asteroids on its record-breaking voyage to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
Jul 18, 2022 - The Lucy team has been sampling the
May 12, 2022 - There will be a total lunar eclipse this weekend, and Lucy will be watching it too!
Dec 16, 2021 - A Coloring / Activity Book about the Lucy Mission
Dec 07, 2021 - Recording of the NASA Lucy Mission Pre-Launch Guest Briefings
Nov 16, 2021 - The Lucy spacecraft celebrates one month in space!
Jul 14, 2021 - Five Trojan asteroids that are members of the Eurybates family have been named after Olympic and Paralymic athletes
Jul 12, 2021 - The Lucy Spacecraft will carry a time capsule in the form of a plaque, carrying messages to our descendants.
May 14, 2021 - A NASA Mission is made of people, meet Lucy's Deputy Payload Manager, Traci Case
Apr 28, 2021 - Queta, Lucy’s most recently discovered target and the only known satellite of Eurybates, ushers in a new era for Trojan asteroid naming.
Mar 31, 2021 - A NASA Mission is made of people, meet Lucy's Program Executive Adriana Ocampo
