NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson - NASA

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid  Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation sho...

By Ember Recon · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson - NASA

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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid  Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid. Lucy will pass within 596 miles […]