NASA Has Strategy For Lucy Solar Array Deployment Attempt

Lucy
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has a strategy to secure the second of two circular solar arrays that failed to fully deploy and latch following the launch of the $989 million Lucy mission to conduct first-ever, close-up observations of Trojan asteroids. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the primordial...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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