NASA's asteroid-hopping mission LUCY has captured the first images of its asteroid targets. The images of the asteroids, some of which are still 330 million miles (530 million kilometers) away from the spacecraft, were captured by LUCY between March 25 and March 27, 2023.
Asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower to have close call with Earth next week
A video NASA released on Wednesday shows the debris caused by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission spacecraft slamming into the asteroid Dimorphos. (Courtesy: NASA / ESA / STScI / Jian-Yang Li (PSI) / Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Yes, there is a massive space rock the size of the Eiffel Tower on a close approach to Earth next week. No, there's absolutely no need to panic.
How NASA is working to protect Earth from an asteroid strike
A video NASA released on Wednesday shows the debris caused by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission spacecraft slamming into the asteroid Dimorphos. (Courtesy: NASA / ESA / STScI / Jian-Yang Li (PSI) / Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Observing and studying near-Earth objects has happened for decades but mitigating impacts from these giant clumps of space material, and rocks is a relatively newer endeavor.
NASA's LUCY mission snaps its asteroid targets for the first time https://t.co/CuSYm7TJ70 https://t.co/PEouc2Owj9 SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Apr 20 13:01:16 +0000 2023
We love Lucy! The @NASASolarSystem #LucyMission captured its first views of four of its Trojan asteroid targets, f… https://t.co/Dj4IKS2zuv NASA (from Pale Blue Dot) Thu Apr 13 18:33:08 +0000 2023
Our #LucyMission just caught its first glimpse of its very-distant destinations, Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, more t… https://t.co/MSGEo15xZS NASASolarSystem (from Milky Way Galaxy) Thu Apr 13 16:51:03 +0000 2023
.@NASA's Lucy mission has caught views of four of the asteroids it will visit! The asteroids are still more than 3… https://t.co/LGN0O4NYy0 NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Thu Apr 13 20:47:41 +0000 2023
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