NASA's Lucy space probe is getting ready to slingshot around the Earth as it approached the first anniversary of its launch.
next month, the images could give scientists more information about the Moon as they head into the launch.
The second gravity assist will see Lucy slingshot around Earth so that it can fly past six Trojan asteroids, including Eurybates, its satellite Queta, and Polymele, its unnamed satellite, and the asteroids Leucus and Orus. Then, in 2030, Lucy will return to Earth for a third gravity-assisted slingshot maneuver.
NASA has Lucy set for a twelve-year spanning mission. During that time, the space agency hopes to learn more about the Trojan Asteroids. In 2030, when Lucy slingshots around Earth for the third time, NASA plans to re-target the probe to meet up with the Patroclus-Menoetius binary asteroid pair in the trailing Trojan Asteroid swarm.
The first gravity-assisted slingshot will bring Lucy closer to Earth than even the International Space Station, which NASA plans to
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