NASA's Lucy spacecraft skimmed Earth's atmosphere early Saturday morning, flying lower than the International Space Station. The mission launched exactly a year ago.
passed over the Earth's atmosphere this morning on the first anniversary of its launch.
The 12-year-long mission, which launch on Oct. 16 of last year, is the first mission to the Jupiter asteroids.NASA said the first gravity assist A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen in this 2 minute and 30 second exposure photograph as it launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.The spacecraft will pass Eurybates, Queta, Polymele, Leucus and Orus.
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