Washington DC (UPI) Oct 13, 2021
NASA has worked years to build a spacecraft to examine eight asteroids for clues about the origins of the solar system, and now the agency has a three-week period to launch starting this weekend. The launch period will begin the earliest possible attempt at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch is to send the $981 million mission on
NASA, ULA pursue precision launch for Lucy asteroid mission
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