NASA Selects Atlas V For 2021 Lucy Mission Launch

HOUSTON—NASA has selected the United Launch Alliance Atlas V for the October 2021 launching of Lucy, a first-ever 12-year mission to explore the primitive Trojan asteroids that accompany Jupiter as the giant planet orbits the Sun. The launch services agreement announced late Jan. 31 is estimated at...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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