NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
The Hindu
Lucy’s $981 million mission is the first to aim for Jupiter’s so-called Trojan entourage: thousands — if not millions — of asteroids that share the gas giant’s expansive orbit around the sun.
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds on Saturday on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.
Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing the Jupiter's orbit, thought to be the pristine leftovers of a planetary formation.
An Atlas V rocket blasted off before dawn, sending Lucy on a roundabout orbital journey spanning nearly 4 billion miles (6.3 billion kilometers).
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