NASA spacecraft Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, will skim the earth's atmosphere, passing a mere 350 kms above the surface on Oct 16, to gain some of the orbital energy
Jupiter is coming closer to Earth than it has since 1963. This is due to Earth and Jupiter's differing orbits around the sun, they do not pass each other at the same distance each time
Formica, 51, will leave the position on Oct. 1 and will also resign as a director of the London-based company on that date, according to a statement Tuesday
NASA's Juno spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter, after launching from Earth over five years ago, in a mission to analyse how the solar system's largest planet was formed and helped set the stage for life on Earth