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NASA’s Lucy Mission Provides Full View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson - NASA Science

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NASA ’s Lucy mission continues to analyze data collected during its April 20 encounter with asteroid Donaldjohanson .

Lucy is heading away from the Sun at more than 30,000 mph ( 50,000 km per hour ) The spacecraft is now in a relatively quiet cruise period as it continues traveling through the main asteroid belt.

Lucy will conduct four encounters with Jupiter Trojan asteroids in less than 15 months .