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They'll set up equipment and test technology needed to complete construction. and they should have the station operational by the end of next year. the u.s. space agency, nasa, has just started a different kind of mission. it has launched a spacecraft named lucy towards jupiter's orbit. its mission is to help learn how the solar system formed billions of years ago. and as cnn's kristin fisher explains, lucy's name is a tribute to an ancient human ancestor and a famous beatle song. >> three, two, one -- liftoff. atlas 5 takes flight. >> reporter: lucy is finally in the sky. the nasa spacecraft ...
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