Mission team attempts to fully deploy solar wing hit small snag.
The team does not think that the array issue poses a threat to the 12-year-long tour of nine
, but getting the array fully deployed and latched would boost confidence in the spacecraft's performance, according to the statement.enchanting images of the moon — and were found to be functioning as expected. The gravity assist maneuver also proved an excellent moment to test out the spacecraft's systems and mission procedures, according to the statement.
The spacecraft is scheduled to use a second Earth flyby in 2024 to gain enough speed to visit a handful of Trojan asteroids orbiting at Lagrange point 4, ahead of in its orbit around the sun. After this, a final Earth flyby in 2030 will fling Lucy out toward a few Trojans trailing Jupiter, at Lagrange point 5.
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