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Donaldjohanson as seen by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft from a range of about 2,700 km (1,700 miles), about 3.2 minutes before closest approach on April 20, 2025. The illumination conditions, with the Sun almost behind Lucy, greatly reduce the contrast of topographic details. Image credit: NASA / Goddard / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL.

Lucy Provides Full View of Main-Belt Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Jul 7, 2025 by News Staff

NASA’s Lucy mission continues to analyze images collected during the spacecraft’s April 20, 2025 encounter with the carbonaceous asteroid Donaldjohanson. Donaldjohanson...

This image of the asteroid Donaldjohanson was captured by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) on April 20, 2025, near closest approach, from a range of 1,100 km (660 miles). Image credit: NASA / Goddard / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL / NOIRLab.

Lucy Shares Stunning Images from Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Apr 22, 2025 by News Staff

An asteroid called Donaldjohanson was captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during a flyby on April 20, 2025. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within...

This illustration shows NASA’s Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Image credit: Southwest Research Institute.

Lucy Captures Its First Images of Main-Belt Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Feb 26, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly by the small asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. By blinking between images captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft...