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A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch.

A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch.

NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into a capsule for launch Saturday, Oct. 16.

Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.

NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency first spacecraft to study Jupiter Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into

NASA is set to launch a mission later this year to simulate how to deflect an Earth-bound asteroid by crashing a spacecraft on it.

Lucy's mission it derives its nickname from the partial fossil skeleton of the first human ancestors, Australopithecus afarensis, Was discovered in 19