insert_link Tech Made Simple NASA launches its Lucy spacecraft to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids When NASA’s Lucy space probe launched successfully from Cape Canaveral in Florida early on Saturday, October 16th, it was the beginning of a 12-year mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The uncrewed spacecraft lifted off at 5:34AM ET aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Lucy sent its first signal to Earth from its own antenna to NASA’s Deep Space Network at 6:40AM ET. Scientists believe the Trojan asteroids, […] todayOctober 21, 2021