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Lucy, the NASA mission outbound to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, successfully flew within 430 km of the main belt asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh on 01 November at 16:54 UT (12:54 pm EDT) and discovered that Dinkinesh is a binary system with a small moon.
The Psyche mission launched on Friday, 13 October 13, at 14:19:43 UT (10:19:43 EDT) to begin its six-year journey to the asteroid 16 Psyche. More...
The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed on 24 September at 14:52 UT (10:52 a.m. EDT). Preliminary examination indicates the sample contains water and a high level of carbon. For more, see the NASA Press Release.
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- First attempted launch of U.S. satellite, Vanguard TV3, ends in failure.
- 1958
- Pioneer 3 launched, discovers outer Van Allen radiation belt.
- 2020
- Hayabusa2 asteroid Ryugu sample return craft lands in Australia.
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