The Lucy spacecraft launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.
The Lucy spacecraft launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lucy will be the first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Like the mission’s namesake – the fossilized human ancestor, “Lucy,” whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity’s evolution – Lucy will revolutionize our knowledge of planetary origins and the formation of the solar system.
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