WASHINGTON — Engineers are investigating why one of the two solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have failed to lock into place when deployed after launch Oct.

17 statement, NASA said that while the spacecraft is healthy, one of the two circular solar panels “may not be fully latched” after its deployment.

Both solar panels are generating power, the agency stated, and there are no other problems with the spacecraft.

“In the current spacecraft attitude, Lucy can continue to operate with no threat to its health and safety,” NASA said in the statement.

“That enables Lucy to travel further away from the sun than any other solar-powered spacecraft to date,” said Katie Oakman, Lucy structures and mechanisms lead at Lockheed Martin Space, at the Oct.