STATUS
ACTIVE
AGENCY
NASA
MISSION TYPE
Asteroid Flyby
TARGET
Jupiter Trojan Asteroids
LAUNCH
16 October 2021
ARRIVAL / RETURN
Multiple encounters
MISSION OVERVIEW
About the mission
Lucy is conducting a long-duration tour of asteroid populations associated with Jupiter. These primitive bodies may preserve information about the early formation of the solar system.
OBJECTIVES
What is it trying to achieve?
01Visit multiple Trojan asteroids.
02Study asteroid geology and composition.
03Investigate the formation of the outer solar system.