Virtual: NASA’s Lucy mission launch

NASA is sending a spacecraft to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Everyone is invited to experience the launch virtually. After launch, Lucy will take six years to travel to the Trojan asteroids, rocky worlds as old as our solar system that share an orbit with Jupiter around the Sun. NASA’s Lucy mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 16 (11:34 p.m. HT on Oct 15) on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live launch coverage will begin at 5 a.m. EDT (11 p.m. Oct 15) on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA will hold a prelaunch briefing Wednesday, Oct. 13, and science and engineering briefings Oct. 14. NASA is excited to present this opportunity for people of all ages from all around the world to participate. No registration is necessary. More info: NASA Invites Public to Virtually Join Lucy Launch | NASA and Lucy: The First Mission to Jupiter’s Trojans | NASA and NASA’s #LucyMission Virtual NASA Social | Facebook