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Nasa launches Lucy mission to study solar system’s evolution

Nasa’s Lucy, the agency’s first mission that will fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids to study about solar system’s evolution, was launched on Saturday.

Lucy, which embarked on a 12-year-long mission to fly by one main-belt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids, was launched on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket at 5:34 am local time.