{"id":128784,"date":"2021-10-09T16:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T23:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/launching-lucy-nasas-first-mission-to-the-trojan-asteroids"},"modified":"2021-10-10T04:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:46:24","slug":"launching-lucy-nasas-first-mission-to-the-trojan-asteroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/launching-lucy-nasas-first-mission-to-the-trojan-asteroids","title":{"rendered":"Launching Lucy, NASA\u2019s First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35ANRDXESqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 16 2021, our Lucy spacecraft will begin its journey to visit a record-breaking number of asteroids. The 12-year mission starts from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center where it\u2019ll launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. From there, Lucy will be the first spacecraft to visit a record number of destinations in independent orbits around the sun \u2013 one main belt asteroid and seven of Jupiter\u2019s Trojan Asteroids. Like the mission\u2019s namesake \u2013 the fossilized human ancestor, \u201cLucy,\u201d whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity\u2019s evolution \u2013 Lucy will revolutionize our knowledge of planetary origins and the formation of the solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy\u2019s first launch attempt in its 21-day launch window is scheduled for 5:34 a.m. EDT on Oct. 16. Launch coverage starts at 5 a.m. EDT on NASA TV, the NASA app, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\">@NASA<\/a> social media. Be a part of Lucy\u2019s historic launch day by using the hashtag #LucyMission!<\/p>\n<p>Producer\/Editor: Lacey Young.<br \/> Music: Universal Production Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 16 2021, our Lucy spacecraft will begin its journey to visit a record-breaking number of asteroids. The 12-year mission starts from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center where it\u2019ll launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. From there, Lucy will be the first spacecraft to visit a record number of destinations in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128803,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128784\/revisions\/128803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}