Fix to Malfunctioning Lucy Probe Good Enough to Complete Asteroid Mission, NASA Says - Gizmodo


8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
by Passant Rabie

Lucy is currently en route to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, but a problematic solar array potentially threatened the groundbreaking mission.

Just a few hours into its 12-year journey to Jupiters Trojan asteroids, the Lucy spacecraft ran into a problem. One of its solar arrays refused to fully open and mission controllers have been working… [+3653 chars]

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