Learn more about the Lucy mission "fly past 52246 Donaldjohanson -NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA’s Goddard ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured the first-ever view of asteroid Donaldjohanson. It was reported by NASA the spacecraft’s ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson is named for anthropologist Donald Johanson, who discovered the fossilized skeleton—called "Lucy"—of a human ancestor. NASA's Lucy mission is named for the fossil.

NASA’s Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles (960 kilometers) to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles (4 kilometers) in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea ...

This series of optical navigation images, acquired by the L'LORRI camera system on NASA's Lucy spacecraft, shows asteroid Donaldjohanson gradually brightening over 39 days in February and March 2025 ...

Data returned over the next week should help clarify the asteroid's shape, according to NASA. Lucy passed within 600 miles of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on Sunday in the main ...

What an asteroid flyby can tell scientists Before exploring the Trojans, Lucy is flexing its instruments by flying by Dinkinesh and then another main belt asteroid called Donaldjohanson in 2025.

NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology' ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pinThis photo provided by NASA shows the asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the Lucy spacecraft during its ...

Data returned over the next week should help clarify the asteroid’s shape, according to NASA. Lucy passed within 600 miles (960 kilometers) of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on ...