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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds 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 pristine leftovers of planetary formation. An Atlas

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NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit some of the solar system's most enticing rocks.

NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system's most enticing rocks.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks.The robotic trailblazer named Lucy is up first, blasting off this weekend...

The spacecraft will explore a group of asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit and have never been seen up close before.

NASA Lucy Launch Date will begin on October 13 and the off-ground launch will be on October 16. Lucy’s mission will launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida bound to study Jupiter’s asteroid.

An early morning launch is planned for the Lucy spacecraft, the first space mission to study Jupiters Trojan asteroids.

NASA is launching the Lucy Mission which will travel to the Trojan Asteroids hoping to uncover the earliest histories of our solar system.

A NASA spacecraft called Lucy is about to blast off to study the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, which are pristine relics from the early solar system