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Lucy launches NASA's Jupiter asteroid probe for the first time

Lucy launches NASA’s Jupiter asteroid probe for the first time

With NASA’s “Lucy” probe, a rocket blasted off for the first time to the asteroids of Jupiter. The mission is scheduled to last 12 years.

The basics in brief

  • NASA’s “Lucy” probe is the first of its kind to travel to the asteroid Jupiter.
  • In total, “Lucy” should cover about 6.5 billion km.
  • The mission is scheduled to last 12 years.

With NASA’s “Lucy” probe, a rocket blasted off for the first time to the asteroids of Jupiter. With the help of an Atlas 5 rocket, Lucy took off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in the US state of Florida, NASA announced. Shortly thereafter, NASA tweeted: “Lucy in the sky!” The mission is scheduled to last for 12 years, and Lucy will cover a total of about 6.5 billion km.

Powered by fuel and batteries that can be recharged via solar cells, the probe, which is more than 14 meters long, is supposed to fly close to seven of Jupiter’s so-called Trojans.

These are the asteroids on which the sun falls Bahn It rotates like Jupiter. They are considered “planetary formation fossils,” which is why NASA hopes the mission will provide new insights into the formation of planets and our solar system.

In addition, Lucy is said to have passed by an asteroid in the so-called main belt between the planetary orbits of Mars and Jupiter and also three times near the Earth Return to get gravity support for the flight. The first asteroid launch near it is scheduled for 2025, and the other asteroid is scheduled to be launched between 2027 and 2033.

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