From exploring Mars to unfolding the story of our solar system, it takes an amazing team to turn these dreams into reality. Thank you to these awe-inspiring panelists at @ASCENDspace who shared their stories of perseverance to advance space exploration.
UMD @ClarkSchool alumna Donya Douglas-Bradshaw (B.S. ’94, mech. engineering) is project manager for NASA’s recently launched @NASALucyMission - the agency’s first single spacecraft mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
@dmdbradshaw READ MORE: https://t.co/nWoybYaDoF
🛰 Voici #LucyMission, avant la mise sous coiffe, la prochaine mission de @NASA qui partira, si tout va bien, le 16 octobre à bord d'une #AtlasV pour aller explorer 6 astéroïdes troyens de #Jupiter.
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Mission Equity is an effort to assess how to expand access to @NASA programs and to identify potential barriers and challenges that exist for communities that are historically underrepresented and underserved. We want your input! Deadline extended to 8/31: https://t.co/TgAGMIkFLp
My thoughts are with all affected by this in #Haiti and beyond. Am glad to know that @NASAEarth experts are already working with @USGS and other government partners to try to support to the best of our ability!
Just two months until the #LucyMission's launch period opens! What are your plans for 5:34am ET on October 16? Set your alarm and cheer Lucy on as we launch this first ever voyage to the #TrojanAsteroids!
Tory Bruno confirms that the Atlas V rocket first stage that was to be used for the Starliner OFT-2 mission will now be used to launch NASA's Lucy mission in mid-October.
NASA Flight Dynamicist Sabrina Thompson found a “new love” for Earth that inspired her to investigate the science behind her design work.❤️ 🌎 Read more about her story as part of our Conversations with Goddard series: https://t.co/WbUggqDGhR
It took 4 years from the time NASA selected the #LucyMission as a concept study until the end of the design phase. Then it was time to cut metal! Here PI Hal Levison holds one of the first pieces of the #LucySpacecraft!
See the mission timeline here: https://t.co/bBU1gtXXPc
Lucy was safely tucked into her travel container for the flight to Florida. Thanks to all the folks who helped Lucy on this leg of her journey. #LucyMission
Exciting things are happening with @NASASolarSystem’s #LucyMission. It is packed up & ready for shipment from @LockheedMartin to @NASAKennedy in Florida where it'll launch in October. Learn more about this mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids: https://t.co/mRCTl17dwV
#LucySpacecraft's incredible trajectory past 7 #TrojanAsteroids and one main belt asteroid was originally developed by the Mission Design Technical Lead, Brian Sutter. The flight dynamics team refined the trajectory, setting Lucy up for a truly epic journey!
Lucy has passed its Pre-Ship Review! The Lucy team did an amazing job assembling and testing this spacecraft under challenging conditions, and is excited to send Lucy on this last 1,500 mile journey to Florida before its 4 billion mile journey exploring the #TrojanAsteroids!
When you plan to use solar power 530 million miles away from the Sun, you better make sure your solar arrays are up to scratch. https://t.co/XOkfabNCcA
@LockheedMartin has completed thermal testing of the #LucyMission’s 24-feet-wide solar arrays, made by @northropgrumman
For this month's L'Team, meet #LucyMission Program Executive, Dr. Adriana Ocampo. Featured earlier this month for #InternationalWomensDay, it seems fitting to wrap up #WomensHistoryMonth by learning more about one of the women making history at NASA! https://t.co/hngFSU1GE5
Watch the #LucySpacecraft as it is assembled! Here's the spacecraft being lifted in late 2020 when most of the bus of spacecraft was complete. The antennae is 2m (6.5 ft) wide.
https://t.co/EpIuAonNAQ