In key pre-Jupiter rehearsal Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft is set to perform a high-speed flyby of asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson on Easter Day, April 20, 2025, marking a critical rehearsal for future encounters with the Trojan asteroids orbiting Jupiter. The close approach, which will occur at 19:51
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En route to Dimorphos asteroid The European Space Agency’s Hera mission has made an extraordinary leap in its planetary defence efforts, marking its first scientific use of advanced instruments beyond Earth and the Moon. On its way to explore an asteroid whose orbit was altered by human intervention, the spacecraft captured stunning images of Mars […]











