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The Lucy launch team confirmed they received a signal from the spacecraft confirming it was safe and health...

The NASA spacecraft is embarking on a 12-year expedition, with the goal of capturing images of Jupiter's unobserved asteroid swarms.

NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from

The spacecraft is named after the Lucy fossil of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia in 1974.

Lucy’s $981 million mission is the first to aim for Jupiter’s so-called Trojan entourage.

NASA's rocket ship Lucy was launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It's the start of a very long journey. Lucy is expected to spend the next 12 years visiting eight asteroids that share an orbit with Jupiter. The mission is expected to produce clues about the formation of our solar system.

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids.

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids.

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds on Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit, thought to be the pristi

The first NASA mission that will fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids has launched on its ambitious journey.