Lucy successfully launches

Adam McMasterOctober 18, 2021October 18, 2021Solar System

NASA’s Lucy mission successfully launched over the weekend:

It’s off on a 12 year mission to study the Trojan asteroids in orbit around Jupiter’s Lagrange points. The BBC and the New York Times have more.

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I’m an astronomer doing my PhD with the Open University in the UK. My research involves using citizen science to look for variable stars. View all posts by Adam McMaster

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