NASA’s Lucy Mission To Jupiter On Track For Asteroid Encounters | Aviation Week

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Mark Carreau
October 28, 2026

An illustration of the Lucy spacecraft flying by two of its asteroid targets. NASA/GSFC

Artist’s concept of the Lucy spacecraft flying by two of its asteroid targets.

Credit: NASA/GSFC

HOUSTON—NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is approaching Jupiter, where it will carry out the first close-up studies of the primitive Solar System’s Trojan asteroids that travel ahead of and trail the giant planet as it orbits the Sun. Launched in October 2021 on a 12-year primary mission, Lucy is currently…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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