NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Observes Lunar Eclipse From 64 Million Miles Away - SciTechDaily

5/21/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
NASA's Lucy spacecraft observed the total lunar eclipse on May 15-16, 2022, from a unique vantage point, 64 million miles (100 million km) from the Earth, nearly 70% of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Using its high-resolution panchromatic camera,…
ByKatherine Kretke, Southwest Research InstituteMay 21, 2022 NASAs Lucy mission, which launched on October 16, 2021, for the first reconnaissance of the Trojans, a population of primitive asteroids … [+1895 chars]
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