Q. With reference to Mission Lucy, consider the following statements:
1.It is NASA’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
2.It is a solar-powered mission.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

[A] .1 only

[B] .2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: D
Notes:

Both statements are correct.

  • Mission Lucy is NASA’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
    • Named After: The mission is named after ‘Lucy’, a 3.2 million-year-old ancestor who belonged to a species of hominins (which include humans and their ancestors).
  • It is a solar-powered mission. It is estimated to be over 12 years long, during the course of which the spacecraft will visit eight asteroids covering a distance of about 6.3 billion km to deepen the understanding of the “young solar system”.
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