# Lucy mission marks 5 years of discoveries

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-20T11:00:07+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-lucy-mission-years-discoveries.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/lucy-mission-marks-5-years-of-discoveries-425ead/

On Oct. 16, 2021, NASA's Lucy spacecraft began its journey to the never-before-explored Jupiter Trojan asteroids with an early morning launch. Now less than a year away from the first-ever close-up of a Trojan, the Southwest Research Institute–led mission has already made several findings during its first five years.

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