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Coverage dated October 15, 2021

Watch now: NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

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A spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids, seven of them in Jupiter's orbit.

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  1. Tucson

    NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds (opens Tucson)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.

  2. Press of Atlantic City

    Watch now: NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds (opens Press of Atlantic City)

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    A spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids, seven of them in Jupiter's orbit.

  3. Triblive

    NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky (opens Triblive)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, thought to be the pristine leftovers of planetary formati…

  4. Los Angeles Times

    NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into the sky with diamonds (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids.

  5. The Guardian

    Nasa’s Lucy rockets into the sky with diamonds to explore asteroids (opens The Guardian)

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    Spacecraft with name inspired by a skeleton and the Beatles, and with lab-grown gems, starts 12-year quest

  6. Wfmy News 2

    NASA sends Atlas V rocket, Lucy, on 12-year asteroid hunt (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    The spacecraft carried a disc made of lab-grown diamonds for one of its science instruments.

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