NASA's Lucy spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a mission to study the Trojan asteroids in October 2021. Lucy flew by an asteroid called Dinkinesh in 2023 on its way out to its final destination, offering stunning revelations about the space rock.
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