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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed a second close approach to the sun on an unspecified date, following a record-breaking first pass within 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) in December. On April 20, the Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a milestone in its twelve-year mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Separately, news emerged regarding President Donald Trump's nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator; Isaacman has a significant contract with SpaceX.
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