NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The largest asteroid to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on Sunday, providing astronomers a rare chance to see the giant rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.

Why is it amazing? On April 20 2025, NASA's Lucy had a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, taking this close up image.

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021.

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.