Lucy Begins Her Journey to the Trojan Asteroids

Michael Howard

October 16, 2021

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NASA
October 16, 2021
Michael Howard

Setting off on a twelve year journey to a point near the orbit of Jupiter, Lucy lifts off from Cape Canaveral on October 16th, 2021.

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Lucy emerges from ULA's Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Arrives at Launchpad

NASA
October 14, 2021
Michael Howard

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft being prepped for encapsulation at Astrotech's Titusville facility. Once launched, Lucy will journey to the Trojan Asteroids on a twelve year mission. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

NASA Readies 'Lucy' Spacecraft for Launch

NASA
September 30, 2021
Michael Howard

Lucy's upcoming mission to the Trojan Asteroids takes a step forward as the spacecraft is packed into a 4 meter fairing ahead of launch.

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NG-11 Launches from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

NG-11 Payload Preview: BioNutrients

NASA
April 21, 2019
Will Smoot

Almost everyone know if you put yeast with the correct ingredients you can make bread, or wine or beer. Have you ever thought about making vitamins, or even medicine? This is the focus of the BioNutrients experiment, carried to the International Space Station aboard Cygnus during the NG-11 mission.

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Delta IV Heavy's three RS-68A engines ignite to launch the Parker Solar Probe. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

Not So Fast: Parker Solar Probe Hasn't Set the Speed Record Yet

NASA
August 23, 2018
Bill Jelen

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