Nasa’s Lucy rockets into the sky with diamonds to explore asteroids
by Associated Press in Cape Canaveral from Science | The Guardian on (#5QS8D)
Spacecraft with name inspired by a skeleton and the Beatles, and with lab-grown gems, starts 12-year quest
A Nasa spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds 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.
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