Lucy start

Lucy start
Lucy is a NASA Discovery class mission with the objective of studying eight 'Trojan' asteroids on the orbit of Jupiter. It will also observe two asteroids, Dinkinesh and Donaldjohanson, in the main asteroid belt during close flybys. The launch took place on 16 October 2021 from Cape Canaveral. The mission is initially planned to last until March 2033.
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NASA/Bill Ingalls