A NASA spacecraft will swing by Earth on Sunday | CNN

This Sunday, a spacecraft called Lucy will be in the sky – just without diamonds

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’s Lucy spacecraft will skirt Earth, coming within just a few hundred miles of us on its journey to the far-off Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The spacecraft will pass 220 miles above Earth’s surface on Sunday morning, according to a news release from . And some lucky observers will be able to spot Lucy from Earth, says

. The asteroid-hopping spacecraft will be visible from western Australia at around 6:55 AM EST. But it’ll pass out of view after a few minutes. At 7:26 AM EST, it should be visible in the western United States – assuming the skies are clear and sky-gazers have a decent pair of binoculars. Coming so close to the Earth will require the spacecraft to navigate an area dense with satellites and debris.

is implementing special procedures to prevent Lucy from knocking into anything on its journey. “The Lucy team has prepared two different maneuvers,” said Coralie Adam, the team chief for the Lucy deputy navigation team from KinetX Aerospace, in the release.

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