NASA Probe Heads For Close Look At Asteroids Trapped In Jovian Orbit

United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 16, sending the Lucy spacecraft on an exquisite trajectory that will pass by a main belt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
Credit: ULA
Rare is the NASA mission whose name is not an acronym. Rarer still is a deep-space mission with a multidestination itinerary. But what makes NASA’s recently launched Lucy mission unique is where the robotic explorer is headed and how it will get there. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, is...

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