<ul><li>NASA's Lucy spacecraft is set to have its second close approach to an asteroid in its 12-year mission to study remnants of the early solar system.</li><li>Lucy will make a close approach to asteroid Donaldjohanson, rotating with the asteroid to capture detailed observations.</li><li>After Donaldjohanson, Lucy will move on to its main targets, a group of Trojan asteroids orbiting the sun.</li><li>Lucy's observations of the asteroids aim to reveal the history of our solar system.</li></ul>

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to have its second close encounter with an asteroid

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