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This is what one of the two solar arrays for NASA\u2019s Lucy probe looked like during testing, ahead of its launch in October 2021. It\u2019s actually similar to what one of the arrays looks like now, after it failed to fully deploy. The circular arrays were designed to open like fans, but one got stuck, reportedly around 10\u00b0 short of its 360\u00b0 target. <\/p>\n\n

The arrays will gather solar power for Lucy during its mission to explore the Trojan asteroids, which sit on Jupiter\u2019s orbital path and are believed to remnants of the material that formed the outer planets of the Solar System. Lucy\u2019s still got a long way to go to reach them (its ETA is August 2027), but, by the time you read this, the probe should have just completed the first of two flybys of Earth it needs to catapult it out to the Trojans. <\/p>\n\n

NASA experts have been working to free the stuck array throughout 2022 and, in June, announced they\u2019d made progress. The second array is now said to have reached 357\u00b0 and should be capable of providing the power Lucy needs to complete its mission. <\/p>\n\n

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