Lucy asteroid probe forced to limp on without full solar array
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will have to soldier on to reach eight asteroids within Jupiter's orbit – a journey expected to last 12 years – with a glitch in one of its solar arrays for now.to fully latch one of its two solar arrays properly shortly after it left Earth. The panels, stretching seven meters across, are designed to fold out like a fan spread across 360 degrees. One solar array, however, hasn't quite opened all the way.the issue have not been successful.
The solar array is in a tensioned but unlatched state, meaning the panels have unfolded but haven't opened all the way. Models predict it is currently over 98 percent deployed, but will probably collect enough sunlight to power Lucy through the mission in the foreseeable future.
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