Lucy Spacecraft Launched By NASA

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NASA launched the first-of-its-kind mission on October 16, 2021, to study the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.

Highlights

Trojan asteroids are two large clusters of space rocks, considered pieces of primordial material forming https://exam.pscnotes.com/the-solar-system”>The Solar System‘s outer planets.

The space probe is

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called Lucy and it has been packed inside a unique cargo capsule lifted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Lucy spacecraft was carried by an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance (UAL).

Lucy mission is a 12-year expedition that will study a record number of asteroids.

The first mission will be to explore the Trojans, and Spacecraft will journey to eight different asteroids.