24.01.2017 by Anete Ezera

While the world awaits developments on the future manned missions to Mars, NASA’s next low-cost planetary missions are in the works.

Projects Lucy and Psyche will attempt to unravel the mysteries of Trojan asteroids – fossils of early planet formation that could offer important clues about the history of our solar system. Lucy is targeted to launch in Oct. 2021 and Psyche in Oct. 2023.

 

 

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