NASA Selects Atlas V For 2021 Lucy Mission Launch

HOUSTON—NASA has selected the United Launch Alliance Atlas V for the October 2021 launching of Lucy, a first-ever 12-year mission to explore the primitive Trojan asteroids that accompany Jupiter as the giant planet orbits the Sun. The launch services agreement announced late Jan. 31 is estimated at...

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