NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flies above Earth on the first anniversary of its launch on a mission to explore Jupiter

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft It passed over Earth’s atmosphere this morning on the first anniversary of its launch.

Below the International Space Station – just 220 miles above the Earth’s surface – it was passing through satellites and debris and using procedures to avoid a potential collision.

Scientists also had to take into account atmospheric drag when designing flight.

The satellite was first visible to sky watchers in Western Australia before disappearing into the Earth’s shadow.

NASA, SPACEX CREW-4 make re-entry near the Florida coast

Launch clock, showing a digital screen of NASA's Lucy spacecraft on a mission to study Trojan asteroids in the outer solar system, as the Kennedy Space Center press site prepares for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.  October 15, 2021.

Launch clock, showing a digital screen of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on a mission to study Trojan asteroids in the outer solar system, as the Kennedy Space Center press site prepares for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. October 15, 2021.
(Reuters/Steve Nesios)

The 12-year mission, which began on October 16 last year, is the first mission to Jupiter’s asteroids.

Asteroids orbit the sun and are at the same distance as Jupiter.

NASA said that the first aid to gravity It will set Lucy on a new path for two years, before returning for another help that gives Lucy the energy to cross the main asteroid belt.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Lucy spacecraft on board is shown in this 2 minute 30 second exposure image as it lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Lucy spacecraft on board is shown in this 2 minute 30 second exposure image as it lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
(Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA’s DART mission has successfully reached the interstellar star in a new orbit

Lucy will observe the asteroid DonaldJohansson before traveling to the Trojan asteroids.

The spacecraft will pass Eurybates, Queta, Polymele, Leucus and Orus.

A close-up of NASA's Lucy spacecraft secured on a spinning platform inside the Astrotech space operations facility in Titusville, Florida, on September 1, 2021. Lucy is scheduled to launch no later than Saturday, October 16, on the combined launch of the Alliance Atlas rocket in 401 from Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A close-up of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft secured on a spinning platform inside the Astrotech space operations facility in Titusville, Florida, on September 1, 2021. Lucy is scheduled to launch no later than Saturday, October 16, on the combined launch of the Alliance Atlas rocket in 401 from Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
(NASA/Glenn Benson)

Lucy’s third gravitational assist is targeted in 2030 that will send it close to the Patroclus-Minuitius asteroid binary pair in the late Trojan asteroid swarm.

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The agency indicated that it will use Lucy pictures of the earth and the moon As they fly to calibrate their devices.

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