NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Begins Launch Preparations
DENVER, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Lucy spacecraft has officially arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin preparations ahead of its launch this fall.
- DENVER, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA's Lucy spacecraft has officially arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin preparations ahead of its launch this fall.
- Designed and built by Lockheed Martin for NASA, Lucy will give humankind its first ever close-up look at Jupiter's elusive Trojan asteroids.
- And moving a nearly one-ton spacecraft 18 months in the making is no small feat.
- After touching down on the Space Shuttle Landing Strip at Kennedy Space Center, Lucy was moved to Astrotech Space Operations, where it will begin preparations for a 23-day launch window that opens Oct. 16.